Current Events > Cool didnt know Sweden has the World's Oldest Tree. 9950y

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko

nice

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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.

Still very cool, to be clear, but worth mentioning.

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Also,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

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In terms of old trees, there's one I want to visit one day on an island off the coast of Japan. It's like a 6 hour flight from Tokyo and the tree itself is a half-day hike to get to, but it's one of the oldest trees in the world and the forest it's in was the inspiration for Princess Mononoke

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4653.html

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Phynaster posted...

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.

Still very cool, to be clear, but worth mentioning.

IIRC the longest lived non clonal tree only gets to be about 5000 years old. It seems weird to me to think that they even have lifespans at all. They're like immortal gods from my short ass life perspective.

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