UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation record for the Jeffrey pine, which may now be the state's highest-altitude ...

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 ...

A Jeffrey pine tree growing in far eastern Tulare County is the highest in altitude tree ever recorded in California. The new ...

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

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.

This Jeffrey pine is an older specimen, an estimated 25 years old. It is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and was found near timberline. As is common for taller specimens, it has a dead top. Jeffrey pines ...

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The group maintains two web cams that monitor and livestream the day-to-day happenings in the nest atop a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake. RELATED: Berkeley falcon Annie is missing ...

Jeffrey pine trees have been found at elevations up to 12,657 ft in California's High Sierra, surpassing previous records and exceeding the range of traditional subalpine species.

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 ...