2006-10-01 12:49:06 · 12 answers · asked by tom science 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
I think they are Bristle Cone Pines, the state tree of Nevada, USA
2006-10-01 12:52:02 · answer #1 · answered by saltydog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-01 20:01:46 · answer #2 · answered by crazynanner 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Wollemi pine, a close relative of the extinct Araucariaceae was found in Australia a few years back. They identified it from fossil records, but no one ever realised previous to this that they still existed - there were only about 100 of them left.
They date back to the Jurassic era, having previously co-existed with dinosours.
Having thought the species was extinct, botanists nursed the few that they found back to health, and now specimens of this tree are commerically available to buy.
However, at 200 million years old, it is still not quite the oldest species, nor are they the longest surviving indvidual specimens, if that is what you are asking for.
2006-10-01 19:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by DS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Wikipedia:
Currently, the oldest living organism known is an individual of Pinus longaeva nicknamed "Methuselah" (after Methuselah, the longest-lived person in the Bible), located in the White Mountains of eastern California, measured by core samples to be about 4,700 years old. The U.S. Forest Service does not reveal the actual position of "Methuselah" in the bristlecone grove, in order to protect the tree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristlecone_pine
Pinus Longaeva is the binomial classification of the Bristlecone Pine.
2006-10-01 19:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Eduardo Fisher, San Jose, CA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On a wild Tasmanian mountain there is a magnificent, recently discovered stand of Huon pine trees that has been called the world's 'oldest known living organism'.
Check the site below
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i3/living_tree.asp
2006-10-01 22:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by Gane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the red wood forest has some of the oldest living trees
2006-10-01 19:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oldest tree is a bristlecone pine tree in Nevada that is nearly 4,000 years old.
2006-10-01 19:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by That one guy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sequoia
West coast, USA
Northern California.
2006-10-01 19:53:09 · answer #8 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bristlecone pine. 4767 years old.
2006-10-01 19:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by Papa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arent they the giant redwoods.
2006-10-01 19:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋