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To: bentway who wrote (420877)10/16/2019 9:24:17 PM
From: pocotrader  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540820
 
older I just checked

Individual trees with verified ages Name Age
(years) Species Location Country Notes
Methuselah 4,851 [nb 1] Great Basin bristlecone pine
Pinus longaeva
White Mountains (California) United States It is the oldest-known living tree in the world. [7]
Prometheus
(WPN-114)
4,844 Great Basin bristlecone pine
Pinus longaeva
Wheeler Peak, Nevada United States Cut down by Donald Rusk Currey in 1964. [8]
Gran Abuelo 3,648 Patagonian cypress
Fitzroya cupressoides
Cordillera Pelada, Los Ríos Chile Alive. [8] [9] Located within Alerce Costero National Park. [10]
CBR26 3,266 Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sierra Nevada, California United States Dead. [8]
D-21 3,220 Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sierra Nevada, California United States Dead. [8]
D-23 3,075 Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sierra Nevada, California United States Dead. [8]
CMC 3 3,033 Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sierra Nevada, California United States Dead. [8]
Scofield Juniper 2,675 Western Juniper
Juniperus occidentalis
Sierra Nevada, California United States Dead. [8]
BLK227 2,625 Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
Three Sisters Cove, Black River (North Carolina) United States [11]
CB-90-11 2,462 Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine
Pinus aristata
central Colorado United States [8] [12]
Panke Baobab 2,419 African Baobab
Adansonia digitata
Matabeleland North Zimbabwe Dead in 2011; the oldest non-clonal angiosperm ever documented. [13]
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi 2,305 Sacred fig
Ficus religiosa
Anuradhapura, North Central Province Sri Lanka A sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which the Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC and is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. [8]
? 2,200 Coast Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
northern California United States Dead. [8]
Bennett Juniper 2,200 Western Juniper
Juniperus occidentalis
Sierra Nevada, California United States [8]
SHP 7 2,110 Foxtail Pine
Pinus balfouriana
Sierra Nevada California United States [8]
BLK232 2,089 Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
Three Sisters Cove, Black River (North Carolina) United States [11]
? 1,945 Subalpine Larch
Larix lyallii
Kananaskis, Alberta Canada [8] [14]
CRE 175 1,889 Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
northern New Mexico United States [8]
Miles Juniper 1,831 Western Juniper
Juniperus occidentalis
Sierra Nevada, California United States [8] [15]
Jomon Sugi 1,808 Sugi
Cryptomeria japonica
Yakushima Island Japan [16]
KET 3996 1,721 Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
Ketchum, Idaho United States [8] [17]
BFR-46 1,697 Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
Wasatch Mountains, Utah United States [8]
FL117 1,681 Northern Whitecedar
Thuja occidentalis
Ontario Canada [8] [18]
ERE 1,670 Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
northern New Mexico United States [8]
RCR 1 1,666 Foxtail Pine
Pinus balfouriana
Sierra Nevada, California United States [8]
? 1,661 Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
South Park (Park County, Colorado) United States [8]
BBL 2 1,649 Foxtail Pine
Pinus balfouriana
Sierra Nevada, California United States [8]
BCK 69 1,653 Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
Bladen County, North Carolina United States [8] [19]
? 1,636 Nootka Cypress
Callitropsis nootkatensis
Vancouver Island Canada [8]
FL101 1,567 Northern Whitecedar
Thuja occidentalis
Ontario Canada [8]
? 1,542 Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
central Colorado United States [8]