how old is the oldest tree?

Answer 1

About 4,700 years.
4,750 to be exact.

Answer 2

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'. Newspaper reports have claimed that what looks like hundreds of trees densely covering one hectare (2.5 acres), is all part of the one tree, since all these 'trees' appear to have identical DNA. Over the years, it is believed, 'snow has forced its branches to the ground, where they have taken root'. (The Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 1995, page 1.)

It is hard to see how a tree could be older than the time since the biblical Flood, so if its published age of 'more than 10,500 years old' were correct, then this would present a serious challenge to Old Testament chronology. In fact, some media reports claim the tree 'could be 30,000 or 40,000 years old'.
The media reported that scientists had definitly found the world's 'oldest living organism' in these Tasmanian Huon pines. A scientist working on the project said, 'we have made no such claim'.


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Answer 3

Earth's oldest living inhabitant "Methuselah" at 4,767 years, has lived more than a millennium longer than any other tree.

http://sonic.net/bristlecone/
http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details.aspx?f=1&guid=f519d94d-c5e4-4e86-ae86-d309d60f5390

Answer 4

Hi. There are redwood trees that are at least 3,000 years old. But the Bristlecone pines are even older. http://sonic.net/bristlecone/

Answer 5

Since we are in the computer category please allow me to take a different shot at this question.....

The first "tree" command was in MS-DOS 2.0 which was released March, 1983.

That makes it 24 years old .....

regards,
Philip T