A UC Davis professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the ...

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

This suggests the Jeffrey pine is California's highest tree—at least for the moment. Safford's work indicates that other species are growing higher than commonly used databases suggest.

Southern California's wildfire-ravaged national forests soon could ... unwise That report outlines the benefits of pine trees that didn't burn completely: "Needles remaining in trees intercept ...

Firefighters in central California were working Tuesday ... Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Firefighters in Central California were working Tuesday ... Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.