2007-01-27 06:06:55 · 3 answers · asked by Krest 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
The oldest living tree is a Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) which is somewhat over 4700 years and located in the High Sierras of California. There have been core studies to confirm the age, but the density of rings makes it somewhat difficult to give an exact count--bristlecones are small, weather-tortured trees.
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This tree has been named "Methuselah" (after the oldest living person recorded in the Bible) and resides in an undisclosed location in a state park. The Park Service will not allow a picture to be published of Methuselah for fear of criminal mischief.
2007-01-28 08:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by Sally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bristlecone pines of California (NOT the redwoods or the sequoyas) are supposed to be abut 6,500 years old, making them the oldest living things that we know of. They are funny, scrawny looking things, up in the Sierra Nevadas, not big and impressive like the other trees. Go figure.
27 JAN 07, 1944 hrs, GMT.
2007-01-27 06:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is the bristlecone pine, sort of the Yoda of the tree world. The oldest living one is around 2,000 years old, but this is an estimate. They don't want to take any samples, for fear of harming it.
2007-01-27 10:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋