Old Bristlecone Pines
plein air oil 12" x 12"
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This plein air piece is from earlier this fall near Fariplay, CO when I participated in the South Park Plein Air Arts Celebration plein air event. One day we painted at Bristlecone View Ranch just outside of Fairplay. This grove of trees was a bit away from the ranch and covered most of a hillside. I looked up bristlecone pine in Wikipedia and found this:
All three species are long-lived and highly resilient to harsh weather and bad soils. One of the three species,
Pinus longaeva, is the longest-lived life form on Earth; the oldest individual is more than 5,000 years old,
[1] making it the oldest known individual of any species.
Despite their potential age and low reproductive rate, bristlecone pines, particularly
Pinus longaeva, are usually a
first succession species, tending to occupy new open ground.
[2]They generally compete poorly in less-than-harsh environments, making them hard to cultivate.
[2] In gardens, they succumb quickly to root rot.
[3] They do very well, however, where most other plants cannot even grow, such as in rocky
dolomitic soils in areas with virtually no rainfall.
[2]
Bristlecone pine grow in scattered
subalpine groves at high altitude in arid regions of the
Western United States. The name comes from the prickles on the female cones.
[4]
