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Pando, a colony of quaking aspen, is one of the oldest-known clonal trees. Recent estimates of its age range up to 14,000 years old, and 16,000 years by the latest (2024) estimate. [1] It is located in Utah, United States. This is a list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual ...
Archaeopteris is an extinct genus of progymnosperm tree with fern-like leaves.A useful index fossil, this tree is found in strata dating from the Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous), the oldest fossils being 385 million years old, [1] and had global distribution.
Old Tjikko [a] is an approximately 9,567-year old Norway spruce, located in the Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the "world's oldest tree". [1] Old Tjikko is, however, a clonal tree that has regenerated new trunks, branches and roots over millennia rather than an individual tree of great age.
The formerly extinct tree was sprouted from a 2,000-year-old seed. Sahabi Tree: Atlantic Pistachio (Pistacia atlantica) Safawi, Jordan: 1500 Pistachio tree under which the Islamic prophet Muhammad supposedly sat. Takeshi Kaneshiro Tree (金城武樹) Bishop wood (Bischofia javanica) Chihshang, Taitung, Taiwan About 40
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, ... Palmer’s oak is not listed as an endangered or threatened species, and it is typically found in canyon ...
Lepidodendron is an extinct genus of primitive lycopodian vascular plants belonging the order Lepidodendrales.It is well preserved and common in the fossil record. Like other Lepidodendrales, species of Lepidodendron grew as large-tree-like plants in wetland coal forest environments.
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 ]
The fossil was found near the Giant Fitts Oilfield. The petrified stump was the largest of its species to ever be discovered. The Callixylon tree is an example of Callixylon whiteanum, a species of extinct trees found in the late Devonian period. [2] It was later discovered to be a member of the same family as the genus Archaeopteris. [3]