Bristlecone pine

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A slow-growing pine, Pinus aristata, native to the western United States. Bristlecone pines grow for thousands of years and are the oldest known living trees. Tree ring samples obtained from bristlecone pines have provided calibration samples for dating carbon 14 dating charts.

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Pinus aristata

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Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Glyn E. Daniel, ed., Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, 1977

Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

Bristlecone pine

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