[Faline]

Old Tjikko (Sweden)

The world’s oldest known living tree sprouted sometime during the last Ice Age, roughly 9,550 years ago. This 16-foot spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden may look more like a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but don’t be fooled: this little guy’s root system got started back when the British Isles were still connected to Europe by an ice bridge. According to Wired, geologist Leif Kullman, who discovered the tree, named it after his dead dog.

Methuselah (California)

Methuselah, a bristlecone pine tree from California’s White Mountains, is thought to be almost 5,000 years old—and the oldest non-clonal tree in the world. The exact location of the gnarled, twisted Methuselah is a Forest Service secret, for its protection (that might not be it above). In 1964, a slightly older tree by the name of Prometheus was accidentally felled by a scientist who didn’t realize the tree was as old as it was.

Llangernyw (North Wales)

Llangernyw, a lush, 4,000-year-old yew tree, was inducted into a list of 50 Great British Trees by the UK Tree Council in 2002, which, as far as tree honors are concerned, is a pretty big deal. Llangernyw was planted in what is now a North Wales churchyard way back when the Egyptian Pyramids were still considered a new development.

Zoroastrian Sarv (Iran)

The Zoroastrian Sarv, a tree in central Iran, is an Iranian National Monument. The 4,000-year-old cypress took root right about the time ancient people in Central Asia were inventing wheels with spokes, and over the course of its long life, witnessed the advent of modern human civilization.

Fitzroya Cupressoides (Chile)

Fitzroya Cupressoides, a type of tall, skinny evergreen in the Andes Mountains, are some of the oldest trees in the world. Known commonly as the Alerce, many of these soaring evergreens have been logged in the last two hundred years, but scientists have been tracking and protecting one specific tree, which is thought to be more than 3,600 years old.

The Tree of One Hundred Horses (Sicily)

The Tree of One Hundred Horses, this enormous chestnut near the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily, is thought to be between 2,000 and 4,000 years old. Its inimitable name comes from an old legend where 100 drenched knights and their sopping steeds sought refuge from a thunderstorm beneath the tree’s protective branches. It’s almost believable: This truly massive tree holds the world record for girth, clocking in at 190 feet in circumference—nearly the length of a hockey rink.

[Viking64]

Interesting. It boggles the mind thinking of all that has happened since these trees have been around.

[güttsfükk]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

Methuselah (California)

this one just looks dead...

[Bastet]

Magnificent! Age 9,550 years - take that, human beings

[Faline]

Originally Posted by güttsfükk ↗

this one just looks dead...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)

[icheerthebull]

awsome thread.

[juliemd]

very nice. amazing these old trees made it for so long.

[Arkoquisa]

MEGA POST!!
at the end of my street there is a small remaining patch of old growth east texas pine forest about 120 acres all together.. In this eden i have roamed for 2 decades now there is a tree, a loblolly pine. i measured it, and compared it to the records and found it to be one of the top 10 biggest in all of texas of the loblolly. last summer we had the worst drought in the entirety of the written and pre-written history of east texas, it doesn't look anything like it did a year ago and will be hundreds of years before it will again, anyways... that tree died, and it utterly shattered my soul. along with countless other remnants of the former big thicket.

[güttsfükk]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree)

read up about trees once before and came across it, always gives me the same impression though. not sure what i was thinking, but spent hours researching largest and oldest trees in the world... must've been at an old job when it was quiet

[Pyramid_Head]

Awesome and informative post.