Europe oldest tree

[namnhi]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/europe/europe-oldest-living-tree-adonis/index.html

CNN has a article about Europe older living tree. The thing that surprise me is it only over a thousand year old.

NN

 

[petegreg]

This is 1500-2500 years old? The oldest tree in the island of Zakynthos, Greece.
https://www.google.sk/search?q=echo...=487#tbm=isch&q=zakynthos+exo+chora+old+olive

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees

...And the world oldest is probably this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko

 

[Slow Learner]

I hope to see this grove of aspens (80,000 years old) next time I visit Utah.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

 

[M. Frary]

The oldest tree in the world is called Methusela. A bristlecone pine. 5000 or more years old.

 

[Lobaeux]

Europe's oldest tree may not be the oldest or most majestic specimen, but it is a grand tree. Absolutely beautiful!

 

[Vin]

Aren't the British Isles, Italy, etc. in Europe? There are trees older than 1,000 years old in Europe. I'm not sure how CNN came up with that information.

 

[Slow Learner]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/europe/europe-oldest-living-tree-adonis/index.html

CNN has a article about Europe older living tree. The thing that surprise me is it only over a thousand year old.

NN

This tree is about 100 miles from the village that my father was from but a 4 hour plus drive. I doubt that I will get to see the tree next time I visit.

 

[rockm]

From the article

"The millennium-old Bosnian pine was discovered by a group of scientists from Stockholm University, the University of Mainz and the University of Arizona, who announced their findings Friday"
"The team took a core of its wood, which measured one meter in diameter, and counted the annual rings, determining it is the oldest known living tree in Europe"

Claims of "oldest" tree other than the 5000 year-old bristlecone pine in California are not individual "oldest" trees. The tree in Norway, for instance, is a clone of parent tree--which means the age being cited is of the original individual tree that spawned it, as well as its age. Clones (ground layers of branches, root suckers ect.) are part of the original tree, but may not have been living when the older tree was begun, so they are actually younger, just made of the same genetic material.

 

[Walter Pall]

The oldest discoverd tree in the worls is in Sweden. It is 9550 years old - proven scientifically. It is a European spruce, Picea abies, the British call it Norways spruce. Google 'oldest tree Sweden spruce'.

 

[AlainK]

There are trees older than 1,000 years old in Europe.

Llangernyw Yew (North Wales) : 4,000 years old

Olive Tree of Vouves (Crete) : over 3,000 years old

Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses (Sicily) : est. between 2,00 and 4,00 years old

etc.

The oldest discoverd tree in the worls is in Sweden. It is 9550 years old - proven scientifically.

But it's a bit different: actually the low branches layer themselves, so when the mother tree dies, a new one (or a layer of the old one) replaces it. Not exactly the same as many olive trees around the Mediterranean basin that are thousnds years of age.

 

[rockm]

The oldest discoverd tree in the worls is in Sweden. It is 9550 years old - proven scientifically. It is a European spruce, Picea abies, the British call it Norways spruce. Google 'oldest tree Sweden spruce'.

Oldest tree is a bit inaccurate according to some info on the web--It's a qualified oldest
From the Wikipedia entry--Tjikko originally gained fame as the "world's oldest tree",[1] however, this is inaccurate, as only clonal trees, and not individual trees, are known to live this long. Though there are older clonal trees, Old Tjikko is recognized as the oldest living clonal Norway Spruce.

 

[jeanluc83]

But it's a bit different: actually the low branches layer themselves, so when the mother tree dies, a new one (or a layer of the old one) replaces it.

I have the ax that George Washington famously used to cut down the cherry tree. It is has been in my family for generations and has been used so much that the handle has been replaced a couple dozen times and the head was replaced at least twice. Isn't it amazing that we have the same ax that George Washington once owned.

 

[abqjoe]

Not the oldest tree by any means but an interesting story none the less about the life and death of a single tree. http://www.abqjournal.com/455364/drought-finally-kills-a-650yearold-nm-tree.html

 

[Alain]

I don't care, I discovered the oldest rock from W and N Africa and it's 3.55 Billions years old


Just kidding, I care, these trees are pretty amazing