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Blossom of lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) Penduculate oak trees in Wistman's Wood.. The concept of ancient woodland, rich in plant diversity and managed through traditional practices, was developed by the ecologist Oliver Rackham in his 1980 book Ancient Woodland, its History, Vegetation and Uses in England, which he wrote following his earlier research on Hayley Wood in Cambridgeshire.
Prometheus (tree) Prometheus (recorded as WPN-114) was the oldest known non- clonal organism, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing near the tree line on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, United States. The tree, which was at least 4,862 years old and possibly more than 5,000, was cut down in 1964 by a graduate student and ...
The Kalambo structure is a Lower Palaeolithic wooden structure, of which two pieces have been uncovered along with other wooden tools. Discovered at the site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia, it is currently the oldest known wooden structure, [1] determined through luminescence dating to be at least 476,000 years old [1] and predating Homo sapiens. [1 ...
Forest of the Cedars of God. The Cedars of God (Arabic: أرز الربّ Arz ar-Rabb "Cedars of the Lord"), located in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharre, Lebanon, is one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in antiquity. All early modern travelers' accounts of the wild cedars appear ...
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 ...
Jurupa Oak. The Jurupa Oak, or Hurungna Oak, [1][2] is a clonal colony of Quercus palmeri (Palmer's oak) trees in the Jurupa Mountains in Crestmore Heights, Riverside County, California. The colony has survived an estimated 13,000 years through clonal reproduction, [3][4][5] making it one of the world's oldest living trees. [5]
Pando, a forest in Utah, started with a single quaking aspen tree that spread into colony of over 40,000 genetically identically stems that share the same roots. It now covers 106 acres and weighs ...
Gilboa Fossil Forest. Coordinates: 42°23′48.98″N 74°27′7.84″W. Gilboa tree fossil ( Wattieza) 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.