At first glance, the aspen tree called Pando in Utah, USA looks like a forest.
According to the USDA, the Pando poplar is one of the oldest and largest trees in the world.
Jurupa Oak is the oldest oak tree in the world found in the Jurupa Mountains in Crestmore Heights, Riverside County, California, USA.
Jurupa Oak was first discovered by botanist Mirch Provance in the 1990s. It grows into such a population only when a forest fire occurs and its burned branches grow new shoots.
It is the only tree that lives in an area with a much drier climate and lower elevations than where the same Palmer oak typically grows.
The Old Tjikko tree growing on Fulufjället mountain in the Swedish province of Dalarna is a Norway spruce that has lived for 9,550 years even though it is less than 5 meters tall.
The main tree trunk is estimated to be only a few hundred years old, but this tree has survived much longer due to the cloning method it used.
Before geologist Leif Kullman discovered it in 2004, the Old Tjikko tree lived anonymously.
A team of Chilean researchers found a living cypress tree more than 5,000 years old in the country’s Alerce Costero National Park.
According to Dr. Jonathan Barichivich, head of the research team, this method can calculate up to 80% of the growth trajectory of a tree and there is only a 20% chance that the tree is younger than calculated.
This discovery was later announced, and this ancient cypress tree was nicknamed `Gran Abuelo`, which means Great Grandfather.
The Methuselah pine tree in Inyo National Forest Park in California, USA is considered the longest living tree in the world.
The Methuselah pine tree was named after Noah’s grandfather, the last patriarch before the Great Flood, who lived to be 969 years old.
Source: NatGeo, Smithsonianmag, The Guardian
