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

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.

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

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

This tree set records for both the highest Jeffrey pine and the highest elevation tree recorded in California. UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed and recorded the tree in September 2024 ...

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.

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.

Three grow in California. The most widely distributed is the Sierra lodgepole or ... It grows better on moister east and north facing slopes than on dry south or west facing slopes. Lodgepole pine is ...

The lone pine tree stands sentinel over Los Angeles from its 1,690-foot perch on Burbank Peak, right at the western edge of the city’s largest green space. The mythology around the tree grew ...