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Great Basin bristlecone pine

Pinus longaeva D.K.Bailey

Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Pinus

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Great Basin bristlecone pine: A large Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Pinus longaeva , showing both live and dead sections, and streaked grain colors on broad trunk. Along the Methuselah Trail,
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (21)
Arabic
صنوبر معمر
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صنوبر معمر
Chinese
刺果松, 毛松, 长寿松
Czech
Borovice dlouhověká
English
Great Basin bristlecone pine, Bristlecone pine, Intermountain bristlecone pine
Esperanto
Longviva pino
Estonian
Igimänd
Finnish
Okakäpymänty
French
Pin Bristlecone
German
Langlebige Kiefer
Hebrew
אורן האצטרובל הזיפני
Hungarian
Simatűjű szálkásfenyő
Icelandic
Rindafura
Japanese
ネバダイガゴヨウマツ, ブリスルコーンパイン
Korean
히코리소나무
Lithuanian
Gajoji pušis
Persian
کاج زبرمیوه غربی
Polish
Sosna długowieczna
Russian
Сосна остистая межгорная
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Гурезькуспо кыэсь пужым
Ukrainian
Сосна Довговічна

Synonyms

  • Pinus aristata subsp. longaeva (D.K.Bailey) A.E.Murray
  • Pinus aristata var. longaeva (D.K.Bailey) Little
  • Pinus balfouriana subsp. longaeva (D.K.Bailey) A.E.Murray

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.