UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford’s unexpected discovery of a Jeffrey pine in California’s High Sierra has set a new record for ...

Big news, California. It’s been confirmed that you have a new record for the highest tree, discovered by happy accident at a ...

The highest recorded elevations of Jeffrey pines provide new evidence of a warming climate in the High Sierra. UC Davis ...

The Jeffrey pine grows in upper montane areas throughout the Sierra Nevada and is the most common tree found around Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes. It is not considered a traditional subalpine tree ...

A Jeffrey pine tree growing in far eastern Tulare County is the highest in altitude tree ever recorded in California. The new ...

Sandwiched between a lodgepole pine on the left and a foxtail pine on the right is the first Jeffrey pine tree UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed in Sept. 2024 on a hike along Mount Kaweah in ...

This tree set records for both the highest Jeffrey pine and the highest elevation tree recorded in California. UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed and recorded the tree in September 2024 ...

This suggests the Jeffrey pine is California's highest tree -- at least for the moment. Safford's work indicates that other species are growing higher than commonly used databases suggest.

Sandwiched between a lodgepole pine on the left and a foxtail pine on the right is the first Jeffrey pine tree UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed in September 2024 on a hike on the south ...