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An older bristlecone pine was reportedly discovered by Tom Harlan in 2009, based on a sample core collected in 1957. According to Harlan, the tree was 5,062 years old and still living in 2010. Neither the tree nor the sample core could be located after Harlan's death in 2013. [4]
It is the oldest known living (non-clonal) tree in the world. [11] Alerce Milenario or Gran Abuelo: 3,653–5,484 1,630+ BCE: Patagonian cypress Fitzroya cupressoides: Cordillera Pelada, Los Ríos: Chile: Alive. [11] [12] New unconfirmed estimation of 5,484 years would make it the oldest (non-clonal) tree in the world. [13]
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]
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, ... making it one of the oldest living organisms on Earth. ...
Researchers in Chile identify a challenger to the world's oldest tree: an alerce in Alerce Costero National Park that may be over 5,000 years old.
The Mother Orange Tree is the oldest living orange tree in Northern California, United States. Planted in 1854, the California Historical Landmark is located in Oroville . [ 1 ]
Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine.
Methuselah (lungfish), the oldest living fish in captivity Methuselah (Judean date palm), a palm tree grown from a 2000-year-old seed at Ketura, Israel Methuselah (pine tree), the second oldest known Great Basin bristlecone pine tree in the White Mountains of California, the second oldest known living tree