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Another... https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/big-leaner.14364/page-4#post-447142

Link to a little story, following on a good post from Gerry. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/q-link-loony-alert.15255/page-5#post-503925

Well, there is this one. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/cone-picking-pics-for-bounce.9417/

I'll see what I can do :).

That is certainly how seed trees to pick cones from for reforestation stock are chosen.

Petrified Forest National Park... https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/off-to-camp-hike-southern-nevada-and-arizona.20879/page-2#post-899173

As are you...bristlecone is able to exploit an ecological niche that no other tree can, for the most part. They might be an example of both pioneer and climax tree species, all in one. And I'll bet you there wasn't a single extant bristlecone tree under the Sierra glaciers 15000 years ago :)...

@stig 5000 years or so? Phhht, nothing but a near invisible blip on the time scales we're talking about. Certainly not insignificant, but still... :)

Close only counts in...y'all know the rest :).

@Mick, that's a false stand dynamics concept, though a common one. There is no such thing as a climax species holding land for ever. Even really long-lived tree species age out, become decadent and lose primacy. When they begin to fail, those "pioneer" species will populate the openings as...

Agreed...we call it natural regen. If you have a harvest/reforestation plan based on leave trees providing seeding in, here that would be called a shelter wood unit. Sorry to be slow on the reply...power has been off for 36 hours or so, which takes out my computer. Restored in the night after...