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Methuselah is a 4,856-year-old [1] Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. [2] [3] It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world. [4]
The Methuselah Grove in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is the location of the "Methuselah", a Great Basin bristlecone pine that is 4,856 years old. [7] It is considered to be the world's oldest known and confirmed living non-clonal organism. It was temporarily superseded by a 5,062 year old bristlecone pine discovered in 2010.
Methuselah is a Great Basin bristlecone pine that is 4,856 years old and has been credited as the oldest known living non-clonal organism on Earth. [6] To protect it, the exact location of this tree is kept secret. In 1987, the bristlecone pine was designated one of Nevada's state trees. [7]
Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine.
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 oldest bristlecone pine in the White Mountains is Methuselah, which has a verified age of 4,856 years. It is located in the White Mountains of Inyo County in Eastern California. However, the specific location of Methuselah is a closely guarded secret.
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
Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva: Wheeler Peak, Nevada: United States: Cut down by Donald Rusk Currey in 1964. [9] Methuselah: 4,856 [nb 1] 2,832 BCE: Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva: White Mountains (California) United States: It is the oldest known living (non-clonal) tree in the world. [11] Alerce Milenario or Gran ...