(Click image to enlarge)Scientists of Umeå University at Sweden have located the oldest Christmas Tree in the World. A 9,550 year old Norway spruce (Picea abies) in the Dalarna province of Sweden has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by Growing on the Edge of the ice cap between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes over time.
10000 year old Picea abies at Dalarna, Sweden. Photo courtesy Leif KullmanDepending on the concept we keep of a tree this spruce dated via radiocarbon could be one of the fair contenders to the title of "Oldest living tree in the World".
Our friend Dan at 10000 Trees however compilates the case of Pando tree growing at Fish Lake National Forest in central Utah (USA), also known as The Trembling Giant, a clonal colony of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) estimated (or claimed by some to be) 80,000 years old and formed by +45,000 genetically identical trunks that share the same massive root system spread over 47 hectares.
Our friend Dan at 10000 Trees however compilates the case of Pando tree growing at Fish Lake National Forest in central Utah (USA), also known as The Trembling Giant, a clonal colony of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) estimated (or claimed by some to be) 80,000 years old and formed by +45,000 genetically identical trunks that share the same massive root system spread over 47 hectares.
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