Bristlecone pine tree

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TYWKIWDBI      ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Life lesson from a twisted tree Weird Trees, Bristlecone Pine, Twisted Tree, Image Nature, Old Tree, Old Trees, Ancient Tree, Unique Trees, Nature Tree

"The twisted tree lives its life, while the right tree ends up as planks." "... paraphrased from the Book of Chuang Tzu, the second major text of Taoism. Taoism is a critique of the more mainstream ideals of Confucianism. In the original text the twisted tree story has less to do with “individualism” and more to do with Taoism’s rejection of duality. The twisted tree is so useless that it’s useful, because it’s the only tree left to offer shade after all the others are cut down. Ergo, the…

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Bristlecone Pine Tree, Tree Texture, Bristlecone Pine, Tree Textures, Rainbow Tree, Nature Camping, Pine Tree, Acrylic Art, The Tree

Because Bristlecones are slow growing (a hundred yearly growth rings to the inch), the environment harsh and the wood filled with preservative, the "dead" wood is all that keeps the bark covered cambrium layer (the living pump) upright and the tree alive. The color in the heartwood is caused by the weathering of the sap which is unique in it's chemical characteristic and helps prevent rot.

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This bristlecone is down to two strips of bark, one on each side of the tree. Edmund Schulman called them "life lines". Weird Trees, Bristlecone Pine, Twisted Tree, Great Basin, Magical Tree, Fall Trees, Prim Christmas, Giant Tree, Trees Nature

There is an awesome beauty in old age, in the broken and twisted forms that record a long tough time on earth, and in the life that goes on in spite of it all. Great Basin bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva; White Mountains, California. This tree started its life around four thousand years ago, when fortuitous circumstances allowed a tiny seed to germinate and become established amid calcareous rock fragments, little moisture, and scant nutrient-poor soil. Young bristlecones on harsh sites…

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