The World’s Oldest Living Trees
Published by These are the world’s oldest known individual (non-clonal) living trees today.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, “One acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen, enough to meet the annual needs of 18 people.”
The US National Wildlife Federation said, “There are about 60 to 20 million spaces along American cities where trees could be planted which translates to the potential to absorb 33 million more tons of CO2 every year, and saving $4 billion in energy costs.”
“Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30 percent and can save 20 to 50 percent in energy used for heating,” this according to the USDA Forest Service.
Trees are also great noise absorbers and facilitate better management of flood water, among other environmental benefits.
For millennia, the following trees seem to not get tired of serving their purpose for mankind and mother earth. If they can talk and don’t suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, they sure have so many long interesting stories to tell.
Methuselah
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Methuselah is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) tree found in the Inyo National Forest of California, USA. The tree was estimated to have germinated in 2832 BC and was 4,789 years old when sampled in 1957. Today, it is known as the oldest living individual (non-clonal) organism on earth at 4,841 years old.
Methuselah is growing somewhere in a place called “Forest of Ancients” in Methuselah Grove, but its exact identity and location is kept a secret to keep people from getting near the tree to have their pictures taken or to protect it from any form of vandalism.
The tree was named after Methuselah, who according to the Bible, lived to be 969 years old although the tree has lived five times longer to date.
Sarv-e Abarqu
Zoroatrina Sarv, more commonly known as Sarv-e Abarqu, a name which means “cypress of Abarqu” is an Iranian national monument and a major tourist attraction. It is a cypress tree believed to be more than 4,000 years old found in Abarghood in the province of Yazd. Sarv-e Abarqu was named after the city near Yazd. It is known as the oldest cypress tree and probably the oldest living thing in Asia.
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14 Responses to “The World’s Oldest Living Trees”
On January 31, 2010 at 10:44 am
I once read that when a lot of trees are cut down it makes little to no difference to the levels of CO2 being absorbed/oxygen being produced.Simply because the cuttin down of the trees allows more sunlight to hit the ground, encouraging more growth in what was beneath the trees, thus cancelling out the effect.
Of course, that wouldn’t matter if the trees were bing cut down to build things on the space. lol
Anyway, it is amazing to think of the trees that are thousands of years old. If they could speak it would be an interesting story.
On January 31, 2010 at 11:18 am
gr8..pics were awesome.. esp the 3rd one..
On January 31, 2010 at 11:50 am
i love your tree pictures and i never really studied or looked at trees like i do today, as i find them very interesting things to look at and i think its a shame for them to grow as tall as they do for years to be chopped down in a minute. the bone structure in its self is worth looking at whether its dead or alive. thanks for sharing i really enjoyed this.
On January 31, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Those are amazing trees, kabayan.
On January 31, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Great information friend. Nice pictures
On January 31, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Wow, they’re still standing. Great info shared, kabayan.
On January 31, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Brilliant article! Trees are wonderful and can be highly beneficial to mankind if treated with respect
On January 31, 2010 at 3:53 pm
thats interesting! come too see my posts which are very interesting too
On January 31, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Great information and research JK. I guess I never thought of the subject. I learned something. Thanks
On January 31, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Something interesting facts.
On January 31, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Well researched JK. Good job.
On February 8, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Great article with lots of history concerning trees as well as very educational.
On February 22, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I am 105 years old and i thought nothing is older than me!!!
Great pictures bravo…!!!
On June 1, 2010 at 12:39 pm
What about the Yew tree in Fortingall, Scotland. 3000 to 5000 years old
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