The World's Oldest Tree
Methuselah - known as the worlds oldest tree at 4,768 YEARS OLD
However, just last year, they found a tree that blew this one out of the park...
Found in Sweden, this tree is supposedly 9550 YEARS OLD...
whoa.. lol
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Posted: 2009-10-16 16:39:02
Psst.
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The Methuselah tree is indeed the world's oldest living organism. The one in Sweden is a part of a clonal colony that dates back some 9500 years, but the tree itself is not that old. A clonal colony results when a plant or fungus reproduces asexually and the resultant offspring are all genetically identical to the original. The original member of that colony was indeed germinated that long ago, but has since died out, and none of its currently living descendants pre-date the Methuselah tree.
There was an older one called the Prometheus tree, but some asshat cut it down to study it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(tree)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(tree)
Damn, some day that thing could become this:
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wow i have alot of questions for that tree
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