The oldest tree in the world..
"Methuselah" was 4,789 years old when sampled (likely in 1957) by Edmund Schulman and Tom Harlan, with an estimated germination date of 2832 BC. Methuselah is the oldest known living tree and non-clonal organism in the world — probably 4844–4845 years old[a] as of 2012.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_%28tree%29
wow..and I thought Redwoods were old..
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thanks for posting
Your hair look like this:
the Jurupa Oak, a nondescript group of bushes on a dry, sunny hillside in Riverside, Calfiornia:
However the Jurupa Oak reproduces by cloning itself, so the Bristlecone Pines are the oldest non-clonal trees.
The Jurupa Oak is believed to be about 13,000 years old, making it the oldest known living thing on Earth.
Interestingly, the world's tallest, largest (by volume) and oldest trees are all in California.
The tallest is a coast redwood in Redwood National Park, the largest is a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park.
Even more remarkable about the Bristlecone Pines is their habitat - a dry, rocky, cold, windswept,
high-elevation (about 10,000 feet) seemingly inhospitable environment - yet they hang on forever.
