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BANYAN
Thimmama marrimanu
World's largest tree (Banyan)
Arthra Pradish, Kadiri State, India
550 years old
Spaced over 5 football pitch sized area, through root system
Known as a strangler fig
PROMETHEUS
(WPN 114)
Bristlecone Pine
4900+ y/o
Wheeler Peak, Nevada
METHUSELAH
Bristlecone Pine
4855 y/o
White Mountain, California
GRAN ABUELO AKA ALERCE MILENARIO
Alerce tree
3652-5484 y/o
Alerce Costero, Cordillera Pelado, os Rios, Chile
MUIR SNAG
Coastal Redwood
3500 y/o
38,300 cubic ft
Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sierra Nevada, California
GIANT SEQUOIA, SIERRA NEVADA
Giant Sequoia
3266 y/o
52,500 cubic ft
Sierra Nevada, California
S’OZZASTRU
Olive
3000-4000 y/o
Lunas, Sardinia, Italy
THE PRESIDENT
Giant Sequoia
3200 y/o
Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sierra Nevada, California
FORTINGALL YEW
Common Yew
Possibly the oldest in Britain.
3000 y/o
Perthshire, Scotland
RAINTREE
Gt Basin Bristlecone Pine
3000 y/o
Near Kyle Canyon, Spring Mountains, Nevada
OLIVE IRA DE SANTA IRICA DE AZOIA
Olive
2850 y/o
Loures, Lisbon, Portugal
GENERAL SHERMAN
Giant Sequoia
Largest known single-stemmed tree in the world.
2300-2700 y/o
52,513 cubic ft
84m high
30 ft girth
Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sierra Nevada, California
SARV ZIBAD AKA HOLLY SARV
Holly
2500 y/o
Sarv Zibad, Khourasan, Iran
Those with estimated ages
PANDO
Quaking Aspen. Colony known as “clonal” trees. One tree with several trees coming from it.
Up to 14,000 y/o
Covers 106 acres.
Fish Lake National Forest, Utah
HUON PINES
“Clonal”
c. 10,000 y/o
(individual trees are over 4000 y/o each.)
Covers 2.5 acres.
Mt Read, Tasmania, Australia
SISTERS OLIVE TREES OF NOAH
Olive
6000 y/o
Bchaaleh, North Governorate, Lebanon.
LLAN GERRYW
Common Yew
4000-5000 y/o
7.5m girth
Churchyard of
St Dain’s, Conwy, Wales
SARV-E ABAR KUH
Mediterranean Cypress
4500 y/o
Abar Kuh, Yazd, Iran
GÜMELI PORSUĞU
Common Yew
4115 y/o
Zonguldak, Turkey
THE ANCIENT YEW
Common Yew
4000 y/o
37ft girth
Churchyard of St John’s, Tisbury, Wilts.
OLIVERA DO MOUCHÃO
European Olive
3350 y/o
Mouriscas, Abrantes, Portugal
THE GREAT CAMPHOR OF TAKEO
Camphor
3000 y/o
Shinto Shrine, Takeo, Saga, Japan
JAYA SRI MAKA BODHI - of Buddha legend
Fig. Regarded as a sacred Buddhist tree.
2310 y/o
Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
BENNETT JUNIPER
Grand Juniper
2200 y/o
Sierra Nevada National Monument, California
MILES JUNIPER
Sierra Juniper
1835 y/o
Sierra Nevada National Monument, California
JŌMON SUGI
Japanese Cedar
1812 y/o
Yakushima island, Japan
JARDIN JUNIPER
Rocky Mountain Juniper
1500 y/o
Logan Canyon, Utah
TARE MAHUTA KAURI AKA “GOD OF THE FOREST”
Kauri
1250-2500 y/o
18,200 cubic ft
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
ITALUS
Heldreichs Pine. Oldest European tree.
1236 y/o
Pollino National Park, Italy
PATRIARCA DA FLORESTA AKA “PATRIARCH OF THE FOREST”
Jequitibá-rosa
600 y/o
Vass Unga State Park, Santa Rita do Passa Quattro, São Paulo, Brazil
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