List of oldest trees - Wikipedia
There are three tables of trees, which are listed by age and species. The first table includes trees for which a minimum age has been directly determined, either through counting or cross-referencing tree rings or through radiocarbon dating.
24 of the Oldest Trees in the World - Atlas Obscura Lists
From a plane tree that survived the London Blitz to the “patriarch” of Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest, these are some of the oldest living trees in the world. The world's oldest individual clonal...
The World's 10 Oldest Living Trees - Treehugger
2024年5月31日 · There are colonies of clonal trees that have lived for tens of thousands of years, but there's something majestic about a single tree able to stand on its own for millennia. These ancient trees...
The Science Behind the Oldest Trees on Earth | Smithsonian
2023年1月3日 · What and where are the oldest known trees on the planet? If you include plants that can regenerate, the upper age limit could be ten thousand years or more. Such superorganisms, including the...
The oldest tree in the world (and the 7 runner-ups) | Live Science
2023年5月29日 · From Prometheus and Methuselah to trees in remote forests of China, these are the most ancient known trees on Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate...
Where are Earth’s oldest trees? Far from prying eyes - Nature
2022年3月22日 · At about 4,900 years old, two bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) in the mountains of the southwest United States are the world’s oldest trees, followed by a 3,600-year-old Patagonian cypress...
What's the oldest tree on Earth—and will it survive climate change?
2022年5月31日 · For decades, bristlecone pines, which can survive for up to 5,000 years, were thought to be the planet’s oldest living things. Now a tree in Chile is posing a challenge.
The Life Story of The Oldest Tree on Earth - Yale E360
2013年5月1日 · Revered for its beauty and its longevity, the ginkgo is a living fossil, unchanged for more than 200 million years. Botanist Peter Crane, who has a written what he calls a biography of this unique tree, talks to Yale Environment 360 about the inspiring history and cultural significance of the ginkgo.
Old trees have much to teach us - Nature
2022年10月24日 · About 45 million years ago, when the Arctic was ice-free, the world’s earliest known mummified trees flourished on what is now Axel Heiberg Island in Canada’s Qikiqtaaluk Region. In 1986,...
What We Can Learn from the Oldest Living Trees
2023年10月12日 · Great Basin bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) are one of a trio of long-lived pines that inhabit the American West. They can be found primarily in eastern California, eastern Nevada, and...