
Nickname: Patriarch
Common name: Bristlecone pine
Scientific name: Pinus longaeva
Height (m): 16,4 meters
Circumference (m): 14,8 meters
Age (years): over 5000
Peculiarity: a single needle can last on its branches for over 40 years; the oldest nonclonal trees on the planet belong to this species
Place: Inyo National Forest
Region: California
Nation: USA