A colony of 48,000 quaking aspen trees (nicknamed Pando), covering 106 acres (43 ha) in the Fishlake National Forest of Utah, is considered one of the oldest and largest organisms in the world.

The oldest age for a tree that has ever been recorded is approximately 5,200 years old. A bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) known as Prometheus was cut down from Mt Wheeler in Nevada, USA in 1963.

Jul 14, 2025 · What Is the Oldest Tree in the World? The oldest known non-clonal tree in the world is Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine located in California’s White Mountains. Verified to be …

2 days ago · Back in 1964, a scientific decision ended up destroying one of the oldest living organisms ever discovered. Prometheus, a Great Basin bristlecone pine growing high on the slopes of Wheeler …

Nov 7, 2025 · Pando is the oldest tree in the world. It weighs more than 13 million pounds and lives near Fish Lake in Utah.

May 29, 2023 · Prometheus, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaev a) in Wheeler Peak, Nevada, lived close to 5,000 years before it was cut down in 1964. It remains the longest-lived tree definitively...

Jun 25, 2025 · The world’s oldest confirmed living tree is a gnarled bristlecone pine found in a remote patch of high-altitude forest in the White Mountains of Eastern California.

Jul 27, 2023 · Methuselah is the oldest living tree in the world and is said to be 4,855 years old. The ancient Great Basin bristlecone pine stands in a secret location within the Methuselah Trail in the …

Mar 17, 2025 · It is now the oldest oak tree ever and one of the oldest trees in California. Its age was estimated by researchers based on the size of the colony and the growth of individual stems.

Jun 11, 2018 · According to carbon dating, Old Tjikko sprouted around 7550 BC, making it older than written history. It is the world’s oldest known Norway Spruce, and spent the first few thousand years …