Worlds Oldest Tree

[rusticretreater]

Article on an Alerce tree in Chile.

 'It's a miracle': Gran Abuelo in Chile could be world's oldest living tree
100ft alerce has estimated age of 5,484, more than 600 years older than Methuselah in California

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/23/gran-abuelo-chile-world-oldest-living-tree-alerce

[aigheadish]

Weird. In the past 3 days, on various social medias, I've seen 3 different trees claiming to be the oldest on the planet...

[JJ]

I thought it was the Pando in Utah at ~80,000 estimated years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

Though it is more an organism than a tree

      JJ

[rusticretreater]

I remember reading about the Pando and its root structure.  Not surprising as I have seen roots grow together on other plants.  

No one knows for sure and I really don't like the idea of drilling cores out of the trunks of trees.  Its *DanG old, leave it at that.

[Kodiakmac]

I swear that the prickly ash thickets on our farm have been around since the glaciers retreated. :D

[JonathanPace]

We have this massive tree out in the Northland region of New Zealand in the Waipoua Forest. The tree is a kauri tree or agathis australis. We call it "God of the Forest" or "Tāne Mahuta" in Maori. They say it's anything between 1,250 and 2,500 years old.