How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forests | Column

For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the ...
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1890s recession gave us this stand of massive white pine trees in Northern Michigan

Hartwick Pines State Park is home to the largest remaining stand of old growth pine trees in the Lower Peninsula.
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A tree that lived up to its name: ‘The Monarch’ ruled over an old growth forest for generations

“The Monarch” presided as the crowned sovereign of the 49-acre Old Growth Forest at Hartwick Pines State Park for years. It was 325 years old when it died in 1996. This Eastern white pine was – and ...
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This California forest has a tree that’s nearly 5,000 years old. But its location is a closely guarded secret

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of Inyo National Forest's many bristlecone pine trees, photographed in 2007 (AFP/Getty) High in the arid mountain forests of ...
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The tree in California that’s older than the Egyptian pyramids

BIG PINE, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old. Known as the ...
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California wildfires threatening forest home of world's oldest trees

Firefighters in Central California were working Tuesday to contain a wildfire near the Nevada border threatening a forest home to the oldest trees in the world, after making good progress on Monday, ...