The oldest trees on the planet

For many trees, the age of several hundred years is a common occurrence. Age-old giants are found among oaks, pines, ash trees and other species.

We, for today's Top-10, have chosen the oldest trees on the planet, whose age exceeds several thousand years. These venerable elders witnessed a change of generations and eras, and today are surrounded by honor and attention, attracting tourists from all over the world.

10. Sequoia General Sherman( USA)

This tree is is the largest on Earth .The total mass of General Sherman is 1,900 tons, its height is 84 meters, and the trunk's circumference at the base is 31.3 meters. The age of the giant-long-liver is more than 2,500 years.

9. Fitzroy cypress-like Alerce( Argentina)

The age of this giant is about 3,600 years. Over the centuries, the tree reached a height of 57.5 meters, and the diameter of its trunk is 2.3 meters. In the wild, trees of this species grow only in South America.

8. Zoroastrian Sarv( Iran)

The age of this evergreen cypress is 4 thousand years old. The height of the tree is 25 meters, the circumference of the trunk is 18 meters. The Iranians respect Sarva with great respect and respect, which is elevated to the rank of a national monument.

7. Pine Mafusail( USA)

This tree of the species "pine awning" grows at an altitude of about 3 thousand meters above sea level. The age of Methuselah is 4,800 years. This is the oldest tree on Earth, not of a sprout. In order to protect the tree from vandals, the employees of the national park in which it grows, show Methuselah only a serious scientist.

6. Prometheus pine( USA)

Unfortunately, from this pine, aged 5 thousand years, there was only a stump. The tree was felled before scientists could estimate its age. However, the researchers hope. That Prometheus will start giving new shoots in the very near future.

5. Huon pine( Tasmania)

This coniferous plant from the family of the larvae has a root system of 1 ha and an age of about 10 thousand years. The age of individual piglets is about 3 thousand years.

4. Spruce Old Tjikko( Sweden)

According to the radiocarbon analysis of tissues of the root system, the age of this spruce is 9 550 years. However, the shoots, which appeared from the ancient root system, marked only a 500-year anniversary. The older processes were probably destroyed by forest fire many centuries ago.

3. Shrub Creosote( USA)

Usually this bush plant from the species Larrea tridentata reaches about 3 meters in height. In the center of the Mojave Desert, a Creosote shrub with a diameter of more than 20 meters, whose age exceeds 11 thousand years, was discovered.

2. Oak Jurupa( USA)

In the Californian valley of Djurupa, scientists have discovered a huge "stump", from which grows about 70 poropains with a height of about a meter. The age of the stump is about 13 thousand years. Scientists claim that Oak Jurupa witnessed the last ice age in the history of the Earth.

1. Pando poplar colony( USA)

This tree colony is perhaps the most long-lived organism on our planet. The age of the root system of these thickets of poplars exceeds 80 thousand years. Although visually Pando resembles a poplar grove of separately standing trees, the entire colony is a single plant, the total mass of which exceeds 6,600 tons.