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

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

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 ...

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 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.

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

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 ...

On a recent hike through the High Sierra, UC Davis professor Hugh Safford was taking in the scenic views thousands of feet above the rest of eastern California when an unexpected species caught ...

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