The bristlecone pine tree lives up to 5,000 years!
bristlecone pine
The phylum for the bristlecone pine is Pinophyta, which is the phylum for conifers. Bristlecone pines are a type of coniferous tree known for their longevity and adaptation to harsh environmental conditions.
bristlecone pine
The Bristlecone Pine is the longest recorded.
Known to live over 1000 years of age however,it does depend on the tree and how it is treated!
The oldest tree ever recorded is a Great Basin bristlecone pine named Methuselah, which is estimated to be over 4,800 years old. It is located in the White Mountains of California.
Pine trees do not normally live longer than oak trees although the Bristlecone Pine is the oldest recorded living tree so this is questionably.
It might just be a bristlecone pine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristlecone_pine
It was one of the first trees to grow
There is no "brestlecone" pine, but bristlecone pines are in the the southern Rockies and Great Basin of the western US.
The oldest living tree to be dated by counting rings is the bristlecone pine.
The Bristlecone pine claims the record but there is some dispute.