Why the World’s Oldest Trees Love Dolomite !?

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[@ramonortiz8889]

Always been into rocks, mountains, soils, and all that good earth stuff... And then I found your channel. I'm a deserted areas fella who really enjoys the solitude, and geology, that one can find in those arid places.. Thanks for the science and looking forward to watch more interesting videos.

[@LetsGoGeo]

Happy to have you here. I am also very much a desert rat. I am working on writing a book currently and it centers around a love for the desert. Cheers!

[@ramonortiz8889]

@@LetsGoGeo oh man!... I'll be looking forward to get it so please keep us posted...

[@dal65]

I love to see and hear the passion you have. Awesome content. I'll never look at rocks the same.

[@LetsGoGeo]

Thanks! That is the best feedback there is. I have been inspired by those who emitted a passion for the topics they taught, and wish to do the same. I am forever curious and fascinated by the way the planets living and non-living parts work. Geology, ecology, history, and psychology are incredible topics in which to get lost. Cheers!

[@ScaleSpeedworks]

I love the ancient Bristlecones!!! Amazing they grow at 10,000+ feet in elevation! There is so much geology off US395, from the hot springs to Obsodian dome to the Devils Postpile. So much to explore! 👍 Thanks for the quick look!

[@LetsGoGeo]

Yes, it is a great corridor for exploring. I have much more content here and more coming down the line from this overall region. You might like my Owens Lake video here, too. Cheers!

[@charliehoskins7016]

Great video! My two favorite subjects.... Rocks and trees, lol

[@mattclark6482]

Great Video Heather, This description of the Bristlecone growing near the dolomite reminds me of the Ohia Lehua trees that grow in the lava in Hawaii. It's fascinating how nature finds a way to exist in the harshest of circumstances.

[@lined01]

Since I've once learned what Dendrometry is telling me, this is the most possible sincere language interpretation someone has told me about around environment, it corresponds also with written language in some sense!!

[@adrianawinquistvaamonde7889]

It’s amazing all that you know . From Bisbee AZ .

[@LetsGoGeo]

Thanks! I am destined to be a life-learner and, hopefully, teacher. Appreciate the positive feedback :)

[@johnpickett3137]

The poor soil also limits surface fuel growth, so the fire return interval can be very long and fire severity quite low. Bristlecone and Klamath foxtail populations really love fire refugia. Love the channel!

[@glenwarrengeology]

This is fascinating, I wonder what plants like limestone in Australia, I will have to find out. You mentioned the Sumerians, they are a fascinating people.

[@user-hb2gh6wh7e]

Gymnosperms (pines) have course tap-roots. Angiosperms have numerous fine roots. A soil has a certain cation-exchange, and soft carbonate crystals don't help with that, so the struggle for plants is to rely on rainwater (carbonic acid for cation-exchange, and nitrate from electrical storms) for nutrients. Broken up basement rocks seem to form into clay, and clay can hold more nutrients instead of turning into calcium-ion and CO2-gas (dissociation reaction) in the presence of organic leachate or soil-nutrient-cycling. Ancient lake soils make today's meadows or savanna, but pines seem to only form above their former shoreline (like Valles Caldera in NM), thus the scenic element that everyone appreciates.

[@ronkirk5099]

A visit to the White Mountain Bristle Cone Pine forest is very nearly a religious experience, or at the very least, a spiritual experience. The trees are so old, the soil has eroded away from the roots and bark has grown down over them. Lightning strikes have so damaged some of the trees that only a single scraggly live branch remains and they are barely hanging on to life.

[@treasuretom13]

Pretty cool Heather very interesting 👍

[@LetsGoGeo]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

That dolomite looks very similar to what I see at Mt Charleston, NV. There's some pretty old bristlecones up there as well... "the raintree" on the Mummy Springs trail is said to be about 3,000 years old. The rocks here are extremely jagged with nasty, sharp edges. You can't even sit on them, it hurts. If you were to fall on them while mountain biking you'd be cut up pretty bad.

[@knrst9061]

You are making good content. Thank you ;)

[@toi_techno]

Mind blowing age Great vid

[@LetsGoGeo]

It really is. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bshadrick]

Thanks so much, as a new sub I find this stuff fascinating! Bill from tampa.

[@LetsGoGeo]

Welcome aboard! I actually went to school in Tampa! :)

[@davec9244]

Very good job. What an amazing resilient tree. How dose photosynthesis work on no green? Thank you for sharing stay safe ALL

[@LetsGoGeo]

They do have sporadic small clusters of needles, even though many appear to be without. Needles on bristlecones are very long-lived, each functioning for up to 40 years. This adaptation helps the bristlecone photosynthesize during those brutal months, and according to researcher Little (2004), that “saves the energy of constant needle replacement and provides a stable supply of chlorophyll.”

[@gordybishop2375]

I read Dolomite....I think veggiemite sandwhich... lol

[@LetsGoGeo]

😆 😋

[@gordybishop2375]

Are any if these rocks they type that can break down into water? I saw something a while back that in the Attacana? Desert in chile that plants were able to break down rocks to extract water from them. Enzymes?

[@LetsGoGeo]

I would expect that most plants should be able to uptake water plus minerals from rocks they break down. The difference would be in the types of rocks or formations & how much water they could store. Many have water content squeezed out during burial, diagenisis, or metamorphism. But some do have remaining water content. I think in the case of the Bristlecones and for say desert plants, it’s their adaptations that help them conserve water - and that is similarly in pine needles or cactus needles. Also, some leaves are thick & stiff (sclerophyllic) as an adaption for water loss. I will take a look at the Atacama plants to learn more about this - perhaps they have adapted a more advanced means of uptake?

[@gordybishop2375]

@@LetsGoGeo not about moisture in the rock persay but H2 and O that are in the chemistry of the minerals that the plant has enzymes or maybe better word would be catalyst that extract and combine it. Sounds weird but pretty sure that was the gist. Thanks fir reply and keep up the great work.

[@zeusnitch]

The editing reminds me of "Neature Walk", lol

[@LetsGoGeo]

😆 well, that is pretty neat, dontcha think!? 😉

[@zeusnitch]

@@LetsGoGeo You can tell it's a bristlecone pine because of the way it is. How neat is that? :-)

[@Richard-lg2lz]

why do you start your viseo with all those lies

[@blackboxmedia4953]

Your content would do great on nostr and you’d get lots of support on there.. take a few minutes to look into it!