BY MONEYCONTROL NEWS 23 May, 2024
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Pando, the name of a massive clonal colony of quaking aspens in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, is the oldest living plant in the world. Estimates say the tree colony is over 80,000 years old.
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King’s Lomatia is one of the oldest and most endangered plants in the world. Researchers say that it is at least 43,600 yeas old.
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In 2012, scientists from Russia successfully revived 30,000 year old seeds and grew a flowering plant called Silene stenophylla (commonly called the narrow-leafed campion).
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The Jurupa Oak is a 13,000 year old clonal colony of Palmer’s oak found in the Jurupa Mountains of California.
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The Losh Run box huckleberry was first discovered in 1920 by Harvey Ward and the botanists determined the plant at Losh Run to be around 12,500 years old.
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The rarest Eucalyptus species in the world, Eucalyptus recurva or Mongarlowe Mallee, is also one of the oldest living plants. It is estimated to be about 12,000 years old.
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King Clone is the name of an ancient ring of creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert of California. It is estimated to be between 9,400 – 11,700 years old.
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The Huon pine colony at Mount Read in Tasmania has been alive for over 10,000 years. Since the early 1800s, Huon pine has been a popular as a timber and large areas of Huon pines have been harvested since then.
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Since its discovery in 2004, Old Tjikko has become one of Sweden’s national treasures and is considered the world’s oldest individual clonal tree, growing for over 9,560 years.