In California, Where Trees Are King, One Hardy Pine Has Survived for 4,800 Years. ... Californians love their trees. And in this central part of the state, a set of stark, ...

How many dead trees there are in California might surprise you A report shows elevated levels of tree mortality on more than 2.6 million acres, totaling an estimated 36.3 million dead trees.

More than 36 million trees died across California last year — almost triple the number of trees that perished the year before — scattered across 2.6 million acres of the drought-ridden state.

Douglas fir trees showed the biggest mortality rate increase. There were 3 million dead Douglas firs, an increase of 1,650%, counted across 190,000 acres, primarily in the central Sierra Nevada Range.

Researchers estimated that the drought has killed off at least 12.5 million trees in California’s national forests during the drought. The scientists expect the die-off to continue.

And Methuselah, a bristlecone pine in east-central California that is believed to be a stunning 4,855 years old, is generally considered the oldest living tree in the world.

Lower elevation conifers in the southern Sierra were particularly hard hit between 2012 and 2016, while higher elevation fir in the central and northern parts of California suffered between 2020 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 20-year UC Davis research study called “Climate-Ready Trees” is using the university’s campus as a living lab to see if these trees can help California cities find new favorite species ...