Lodgepole and foxtail pine are commonly found above timberline, but the Jeffrey stood out as “not belonging there.” The hike resulted in a new elevation record for the Jeffrey pine, ...

Sandwiched between a lodgepole pine on the left and a foxtail pine on the right is the first Jeffrey pine tree UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed in Sept. 2024 on a hike along Mount Kaweah in ...

Big news, California. It’s been confirmed that you have a new record for the highest tree, discovered by happy accident at a dizzying elevation of 3,858 meters (12,657 feet). The Jeffrey pine ...

Spotted between a lodgepole and foxtail pine is a Jeffrey pine, the first UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed while hiking in the High Sierra in September 2024.

Sandwiched between a lodgepole pine on the left and a foxtail pine on the right is the first Jeffrey pine tree UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed in September 2024 on a hike on the south ...

A UC Davis professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.