This peak lacks alpine tundra but is home to the famed bristlecone pine. Further research and bristlecone pine tree ring data pointed to the eruption being in 1808. These plants include Big sagebrush, Pinyon pine, Utah juniper, Low sagebrush, Shadscale, and Bristlecone pine. "Bluegrass Unlimited" reviewer of "Bristlecone Pine". On the south edge of this unit, young stands of bristlecone pine are also found. The highest peaks support a few white fir, limber pine, or bristlecone pine. By cross-dating millennia-old bristlecone pine debris, some chronologies reach beyond 9,000 years before present. Plant communities include creosote and sagebrush at lower altitudes, and bristlecone pine forests at higher. The bristlecone pine has been discovered to be the oldest living thing. The longest-lived is the Great Basin bristlecone pine, "Pinus longaeva". In 1987, the bristlecone pine was designated one of Nevada's state trees. The bristlecone pine is an important species that is indicative of the Great Basin desert. It is a Great Basin bristlecone pine ("Pinus longaeva") growing in the White Mountains. The oldest is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ("Pinus longaeva"), 4,700 years old.