The highest recorded elevations of Jeffrey pines provide new evidence of a warming climate in the High Sierra. UC Davis ...

B ig news, California. It’s been confirmed that you have a new record for the highest tree, discovered by happy accident at a ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford’s unexpected discovery of a Jeffrey pine in California’s High Sierra has set a new record for ...

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.

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 Sept. 2024 on a hike along Mount Kaweah in ...

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 ...

“I walk over, and it’s a Jeffrey pine! It made no sense. What is a Jeffrey pine doing above 11,500 feet?” The discovery, published in the scientific journal Madroño last month, not only set ...