World's Oldest Tree in Sweden?

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World's Oldest Tree in Sweden?

Post by a_contemplative_life » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:31 pm

9,500-Year-Old Tree Found In Sweden Is The World’s Oldest Tree

http://themindcircle.com/worlds-oldest- ... ign=buffer

Somehow it doesn't look that old, but what do I know?
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Re: World's Oldest Tree in Sweden?

Post by metoo » Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:17 pm

Here is more (and better) info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko

What you see isn't as old as 9500 years, but the genetically same individual has lived on the spot for that time, occasionally sprouting a new trunk when the old one has succumbed.
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist

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