The only website I can find to support any age on the bristlecone is 4,765
yr. old , off by a few years , a mere whisp in the ages of the rocks or the
universe. It's still the oldest living thing (but I swear I've seen older
driving around South Florida ?)   here's the site
http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/intro.html
Ferreter (who's wisdom is slipping , must be the bad trip to the dentist and
the fact I had a tooth pulled this morning , but I'm feeling much better now
:)


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew K. Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Conchs and cones


>20,000 years old? I suppose they were created with 14,000 annual rings,
then?
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>
>The Ferreter wrote:
>Art, you forgot the bristlecone pine (20,000+  years old and still going)of
>California's Sierra Nevada Mountain range.  [SNIP]
>
>