The oldest tree in the world.
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Although Pando is not the oldest tree in essence, this clonal Populus tremula forest in Utah is a real ancient tree. From a small sapling to a huge family, covering an area of 105 acres (about 4249 14 square meters), it is composed of trees with the same genes, which are connected by a root system. Pando, with a huge branch, began to sprout at least 80 thousand years ago, when our human ancestors still lived in Africa. However, some people think that this woodland may have a history of one million years, which means that Pando was 800,000 years earlier than the earliest Homo sapiens. Weighing 66 15 tons, Pando is also the heaviest organism on earth.
Norwegian ancient spruce
This Norwegian spruce tree is 16 feet (about 4.88 meters) high and grows in the Furu Djalet Mountains in Sweden. Its age is 9550 years. It is the oldest single-stem clone tree. It took root and sprouted after the last ice age ended and the glaciers retreated from Scandinavia Peninsula. In order to determine the exact age of this spruce tree, scientists used carbon dating to determine the history of its roots. For thousands of years, due to the ice field climate, this ancient tree has always maintained a shrub shape. However, due to the global warming trend in the past century, it has grown into a full-fledged tree. Leif Kullman, a geologist and discoverer of Norwegian ancient spruce, named this ancient tree after his dead pet dog.
Cryptomeria japonica
This Japanese cedar is 83 feet (about 25.3 meters) high and 53 feet (about 16.2 meters) in circumference. It is the largest conifer tree in Japan. It grows in an ancient forest shrouded in fog, and to the north of the forest is the highest mountain in Yakushima, Japan. The tree rings show that this Cryptomeria fortunei is at least 2000 years old, and some people even estimate that it may have a history of 7000 years.
Father of the forest
This gigantic kauri grows in the last virgin rainforest in Waibowa Forest, New Zealand. Te Matua Ngahere means the father of the forest in Maori. Scientists believe that it is about 2000 years old and 52.5 feet (about 16 meters) in circumference, making it the thickest tree in New Zealand. Unfortunately, the father of the forest was badly hit by a storm in 2007.
Suo Luoya Sid? Saf
This huge cypress tree grows in Abaju, Iran. Rooted in 4000 to 4500 years ago, probably when the prehistoric megalith was built. It may be the oldest creature in Asia and a national historical relic of Iran. Suo Luoya Sid? Saf is 82 feet (about 25 meters) high and 37.8 feet (about 1 1.5 meters) in circumference.
Jardine juniper
This juniper grows in the Kach National Forest in Utah, USA. It was originally thought to be about 3,200 years old, but scientists found that it was only 1500 years old. Jardine Juniper is 40 feet (about 12.2 meters) high and 24 feet (about 7.3 meters) in circumference.
Taxus lilangganiwei
It is a common yew in Lilangnivi, Wales, England, which germinated in the bronze age of England and was between 3000 and 4000 years old. Taxus lilangganiwei can live so long because the new roots growing in the trunk are entangled with it. These branches are still alive after the trunk is dead. Branches can also take root in rotten trunks or extend downward into the soil around the tree base.
Methuselah tree
The world's oldest single tree in Yinyou National Forest, California, USA, is above sea level 10000 feet (about 3 kilometers). This 4765-year-old ancient tree reached the age of 100 when the first pyramid was built in Egypt. This tree is hidden among other thousand-year-old trees in the ancient forest. In order to protect this tree, the Forest Service never revealed its exact location, but this tree looks like Methuselah, the king of longevity.
U.s. senator Pinus tabulaeformis
This deciduous pine (also known as American water pine) is called Senator and grows in subtropical Big Tree Park in Florida, USA. By volume, the senator is the largest tree east of the Mississippi River. This towering tree is 125 feet high (about 38. 1 meter) and is 3,500 years old. When Polynesians first settled in Fiji, it almost just took root.
General Sherman
General Sherman is a towering giant sequoia, whose roots extend to 275 feet (about 83.8 meters). It is as high as 27 stories, with a circumference of 102.6 feet (about 3 1.27 meters). This makes General Sherman the largest tree in the world by volume. It grows in Sequoia National Park in California, USA. Scientists believe that the age of this giant sequoia may be between 2300 and 2700.
Sandalwood tree
This stout evergreen tree in the Andes forest in south-central Chile was discovered in 1993. Scientists discovered that this ancient tree is 3620 years old through tree rings. Although these Patagonian cypresses can grow to a height of 150 feet (about 46 meters), their circumference is only 1 mm per year, and it may take 1000 years to grow completely. Although Suo Luoya de? Saf and Lilangganiwei yew are considered to be older, but Sandalwood is the second oldest tree with accurate age.
King of oak trees
This weather-beaten ancient oak tree grows in the northern forest of Yersipolis, Denmark. Scientists estimate that the age of the King of Oaks is between 1500 and 2000, so it has become a strong contender for the title of the oldest tree in Northern Europe. Although the King of Oak sprouted in the surrounding open grassland, the trees growing around it are slowly approaching this ancient oak tree, which finally makes it completely lose its living space.