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Trees make up some of the oldest living organisms on Earth. With some living trees dating back to the Ice Ages, here are some of the oldest known in the world.
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Age: 4,500 years
Location: Abarkooh, Iran
This ancient cypress tree is the oldest in Asia, with its roots dating back to the peak of the Indus Valley civilization.
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Age: 4,842 years
Location: California, USA
It’s considered the world's oldest non-clonal plant (i.e., individual plant). The tree was 1,000 years old when the woolly mammoth went extinct.
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Age: 9,550 years
Location: Sweden
While this Norway Spruce tree’s trunk is only a few hundred years old, its root system dates back 10,000 years, making it the oldest single-stemmed clonal tree.
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Age: 13,000 years
Location: California, USA
While this colonal tree is not tall and resembles a shrub more than a tree, it's estimated to have taken root at its current location at the end of the last ice age.
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Age: 80,000 years
Location: Utah, USA
Pando is a colony of quaking aspen trees with about 47 thousand stems connected by a root system covering approximately 102 acres.
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