10 OLDEST PLANTS ON THE PLANET
1. Seagrass colony (Posidonia oceanica)
100,000 years old
Balearic Islands, Spain
2. ‘Pando’ - Quaking aspen colony
80,000 years old
Fishlake National Forest, Utah, the USA
3. ‘Jurupa Oak’ - Palmer’s oak colony
13,000 years old
Jurupa Mountains, California, the USA
4. Mojave yucca
12,000 years old
Mojave Desert, California, the USA
5. Huon pine colony
10,500 years old
Mount Reed, Tasmania, Australia
6. ‘Old Tjikko’- Norway spruce
9,550 years old
Fulufjället Mountains, Sweden
7. ‘Old Rasmus’ - Norway spruce
9,500 years old
Härjedalen, Sweden
8. Antarctic moss
5,500 years old
Elephant Island, Antarctica
9. Bristlecone pine
5,066 years old
White Mountains, California, the USA
10. ‘Methuselah’- Bristlecone pine
4,848 years old
White Mountains, California, the USA
In "BBC Knowledge", vol. 7, issue 4, June 2017, UK, excerpts pp.16-17. Digitized, adapted and illustrated to be posted by Leopoldo Costa.
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