One of the longest living organisms on our planet is trees. The age of these amazing and majestic green plants is measured in several hundreds and even thousands of years. According to official data on the earth, there are over 50 "long-livers", which are more than a thousand years old. In the rating we included the oldest trees in the world , which are known to science.
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Дзерон Суги 2000 years
Дземон Суги is a Japanese vegetable long-liver from the island of Yakushima. The tree has impressive dimensions, which are 25 meters in height and 16 meters in diameter. Dzemona Sugi not less than 2000 years, according to researchers.
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Agathis South Te Matua Ngaere 2000 years
Agathis South Te Matua Ngaere is the oldest representative of the cauri species from New Zealand."Father of the Forest" with a girth in diameter of 16.5 meters has a height equal to 30 meters. To judge the majestic dimensions of this cauri will help the fact that according to some calculations, the woody body of the gigantic would be enough to build 40 wooden houses, and the length of its trunk is larger than the passenger train. The approximate age of Te Matua Ngaere is estimated at 2000 years.
In connection with a strong storm in 2007, the tree was seriously damaged.
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Olive tree Vouves 2000 years
The olive tree Vouves is the oldest among its representatives. Vouves grows up on the island of Crete and still fructifies, despite his age, which according to some sources is over 2000 years old. The ancient olive tree for many centuries has grown to 12 meters in height and has been rounded to a diameter of 3 meters. This woody plant has a very rich history and in ancient times was considered sacred. Numerous hollows at roots of a plant were a shelter for stray animals, and since 2000 of this century olive Vouves has become an attribute of the Olympics. Its branches were used to make wreaths for the winners of the Games. A museum dedicated to this tree was recently built.
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Sequoia dendron giant General Sherman 2,700 years
Sequoia dendron giant General Sherman is one of the world's longest longevity, growing in California's Sequoia National Park. Its name was given to the tree in honor of the General of the Civil War, William Tecuns. It is one of the largest growing organisms on the planet, whose height exceeds 83 meters, and the thickness of the trunk is 31 meters. General Sherman is about 2700 years old.
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Chestnut Hundreds of Horses 2000 - 4000 Years
Chestnut "Hundreds of Horses" is not only one of the oldest trees in the world, but also the largest in girth. There is no exact data on the age of the world's oldest chestnut, but according to some experts, its age ranges from 2000 to 4000 years on average. The plant got its eccentric name because of the legend about the queen Aragon and her 100 knights who could hide under the crown of a chestnut at the time of the strongest thunderstorm. This copy can boast a set record among other representatives - this is the thickest tree on earth with a circumference of almost 58 meters. Due to this, the long-liver was included in the Guinness Book of Records.
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Fitzroy cypress-like Alerche 3650 years
Fitzroy cypress-like Alerce ( Alerche) - larch-long-liver from Chile growing in the Andes mountains. The approximate age of Alerche is estimated at 3,650 years. The thickness of 10 meters, fizroyoya reaches 70 meters in height. This species of larch is considered to be the slowest growing but long living.
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Tees from Llangernew 4000th Anniversary of
Tees from Llangernew ( Llangernyw Yew) - the oldest living organism on earth, which is about 4000 years old. The plant is a "resident" of northern Wales and is considered one of the greatest trees in the UK.The longevity of this yew is explained by its ability to give new shoots to the place of the dead. Reaching a diameter of 11 meters, this yew due to the absence of the central part of the trunk looks like Siamese twins.
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Cypress Zoroastrian Sarv 4,500 years
Cypress Zoroastrian Sarv ( Sarv-e Abarku) is a natural monument of Iran and one of the world's oldest woody plants. The evergreen cypress, whose age is estimated at 4500 years, is considered the oldest living being of Asia. This cypress with its 25-meter height has grown to almost 20 meters in width.
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Pine Mafusail 4845 years
Pine Mafusail is one of the oldest trees in the world. This valuable specimen originates in the National Forest of Inio, California, in the USA.The age of the tree is estimated at 4845 years. Pine was discovered by the American scientist Edmond Shulman in 1953.In 1958, when the society became aware of the long-livers, tourists from all over the world began to come to it. Each of the pilgrims carried away a piece of bark or a branch of Methuselah, which almost led to his death. Now it is difficult to say about the exact location of Methuselah, as this information is kept secret in order to protect the exhibit from vandalism.
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Old Tikko 9550 years
Old Tikko - a fir, whose age is 9550 years, is recognized as the oldest tree on earth. It grows on Mount Falufjellet in Sweden. The age of Old Tico was determined by radiocarbon analysis. If the root system of spruce totals thousands of years, then the trunk is only a few hundred. The fact is that the tree for millennia was in a low-shrub shrub form, and could not develop in harsh conditions. Only in the 20th century it became a normal tree due to global warming, and reached a height of 5 meters. The plant was discovered by Professor Leif Kulman, who gave it the name of Old Tico in honor of his deceased dog. Scientists explain longevity by self-cloning - the trunk could die several times, but the root system again gave life to a tree. According to estimates, the current trunk of Tiko is only 600 years old, in the place of which, in case of death, many years later another new escape may appear.
There are several ancient trees in the world that are not included in the rating, but they can not be ignored.
These include marsh cypress Senator from the USA.He was one of the ten most ancient woody plants in the world until 2012, until he died in a fire. It is noteworthy that the 38-meter giant for many generations was a guide for the Indian tribes. The name of the cypress was given in honor of Senator Missouri, who in 1927 donated money for his protection and surrounding lands. From the oldest giant, whose age was determined in 3500 years, practically nothing remained.
According to some information, the oldest living organism on earth is the clonal colony of the aspen poplar, which was called the Pando. The area of 46 hectares grows about 47 thousand aspen clones, having a single root system, whose age is more than 80 000 years! The total mass of the colony is estimated at 7,000 tons. Therefore, it is not only the oldest clonal plant, but also the heaviest.