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Find out which trees are the oldest-known in the world, based on direct or estimated ages, species, location and notes. See the current record-holders for individual, non-clonal trees and clonal colonies, as well as the oldest living human-planted tree.
This web page provides a list of areas of existing old-growth forest in different regions of the world, with information on their extent, ecoregion, and forest type. It does not specify which forest is the oldest in the world, but it mentions some of the oldest forests in Australia, such as Tarkine and Walpole Wilderness Area.
Learn about the rich fossil record of Florida from the Eocene to recent times, including the best source of Pleistocene mammals in the world. Discover the geologic history, paleontological research, and notable fossil sites of the state.
Scientists working in southwest England have found the oldest fossilized forest known on Earth, according to a new study. Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest Skip ...
The Senator in 2012 The Senator in 2011. The Senator was the biggest and oldest bald cypress [1] tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida.At the time of its demise in 2012, it was approximately 3,500 years old, 125 feet (38 m) tall, and with a trunk diameter of 11.27 feet (3.44 m). [2]
Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York, United States, is a petrified forest and one of the oldest known forests. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Located near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County , New York, the region is home to tree trunks from the Devonian period.
Prometheus was a Great Basin bristlecone pine tree that lived for at least 4,862 years in Nevada, United States, until it was cut down in 1964 for research purposes. It was the oldest known non-clonal organism until 2010, when a possible older bristlecone pine was found in California.
Bristlecone pine is a group of three pine tree species that can live for thousands of years. The oldest known individual is more than 4,800 years old and belongs to the Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), which grows in Utah, Nevada and eastern California.