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 tree vary.

2023年5月29日 · The world's oldest trees were growing when the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built and were already thousands of years old when Julius Caesar came to power.

2025年3月10日 · Until 2012, Methuselah was the oldest known tree in the world and its age (4,789 years at the time) was discovered in 1957 by Tom Harlan and Edmund Schulman. The tree is named for the oldest Biblical figure, Methuselah, who lived to be 969 years old.

The oldest age for a tree that has ever been recorded is approximately 5,200 years old. A bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) known as Prometheus was cut down from Mt Wheeler in Nevada, USA in 1963. Although 4,867 rings were counted, the tree was growing in a harsh ennvironment which slowed its development, and thus its actual age is believed to ...

2024年5月31日 · Methuselah was 4,789 years old when examined in 1957, with an estimated seeding date of 2833 BC. That makes Methuselah—commonly referred to as the oldest tree in the world—4,856 years old in 2024.

2021年1月23日 · The oldest individual tree in the world (which is a Great Basin bristlecone pine) is located in the White Mountains of California and is estimated to be 5,066 years old. Scientists have hidden the identity of the tree for its protection.

2024年5月27日 · According to Guinness World Records, the oldest tree species in the world are the bristlecone pines, found in the White Mountains in California. Their scientific name is “Pinus Longaeva." The...

Methuselah is the oldest living tree in the world and is said to be 4,855 years old. The ancient Great Basin bristlecone pine stands in a secret location within the Methuselah Trail in the Inyo …

2025年3月24日 · Yes, Old Tjikko’s root system is approximately 9,550 years old. 7. What is the largest tree ever cut down? The largest tree ever cut down by humans was the General Noble Tree, a giant sequoia from the Converse Basin Grove in California. 8. What trees typically live the longest? Bristlecone pines, yew trees, and giant sequoias are among the ...

2021年4月9日 · 10 Oldest trees that have ever lived on Earth #1 The oldest Great Basin Bristlecone Pines. The very oldest known trees are not majestic and stately as one might imagine, but are gnarled and twisted, appearing wizened and …