From: (Iris Cohen)


From: "manzanar"

The picture is of a Bristlecone Pine located in the White Mountains of
California/Nevada

Are you sure? Of course many conifers other than junipers exhibit similar
behavior in nature. The difference with junipers is that you can never cut
off
a branch & have the trunk callus over. With pine trees, you can make a jin if
you want one, or cut the branch off if you choose to. Pines callus over
eventually.


The bark on the picture is definitely not a pine. The dead twigs with brown
foliage are typical of juniper twig borer damage, and you don't see that on
pines.

Sean



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