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bristlecone pine

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small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

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No matter what adversities a Bristlecone pine faces, it adapts to its harsh surroundings and lives thousands of years. Source: Internet

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