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California trees rarely grew higher than 12,000 feet. Now one species has busted the record

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the highest-elevation tree growing in California. A new study documents several Jeffrey ...
Visalia Times-Delta

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, ...
NBC Bay Area

Massive wildfire in Central California threatens homes, injures 3 as it burns out of control

A massive wildfire on Monday was threatening hundreds of homes in central California after injuring at least three people as it tore through Los Padres National Forest. The Gifford Fire has scorched ...
Penn Live

Giant sequoia trees burn in California wildfire sparked by lightning

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...
AOL

Wildfires in California are threatening the 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, ...