Individual Trees With Verified Ages
Name | Age (years) | Species | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
? | 5062 !5062–5063 | Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva |
White Mountains, California, United States | Oldest known currently living tree. Tree cored by Edmund Schulman, age determined by Tom Harlan. |
Methuselah | 4845 !4844–4845 | Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva |
Inyo County, California, United States | |
Prometheus (WPN-114) | 4844 !4,844 | Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva |
Wheeler Peak, Nevada, United States | Cut down in 1964. |
? | 3641 !3641–3642 | Patagonian cypress Fitzroya cupressoides |
Alerce Andino National Park, Los Lagos, Chile | |
CBR26 | 3266 !3,266 | Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | Dead. |
D-21 | 3220 !3,220 | Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | Dead. |
D-23 | 3075 !3,075 | Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | Dead. |
CMC 3 | 3033 !3,033 | Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | Dead. |
Scofield Juniper | 2675 !2,675 | Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | Dead. |
CB-90-11 | 2455 !2455–2456 | Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine Pinus aristata |
central Colorado, United States | |
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi | 2217 !2,217 | Sacred fig Ficus religiosa |
Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka | Allegedly a sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC and is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. |
? | 2200 !2,200 | Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens |
northern California, United States | Dead. |
Bennett Juniper | 2200 !2,200 | Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | |
SHP 7 | 2110 !2,110 | Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana |
Sierra Nevada California, United States | |
? | 1939 !1939–1940 | Subalpine Larch Larix lyallii |
Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada | |
CRE 175 | 1889 !1,889 | Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum |
northern New Mexico, United States | |
Miles Juniper | 1824 !1824–1825 | Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | |
? | 1801 !1801–1802 | Sugi Cryptomeria japonica |
Yakushima Island, Japan | |
KET 3996 | 1715 !1715–1716 | Limber Pine Pinus flexilis |
Ketchum, Idaho, United States | |
BFR-46 | 1697 !1,697 | Limber Pine Pinus flexilis |
Wasatch Mountains, Utah, United States | |
FL117 | 1674 !1674–1675 | Northern Whitecedar Thuja occidentalis |
Ontario, Canada | |
ERE | 1670 !1,670 | Limber Pine Pinus flexilis |
northern New Mexico, United States | |
RCR 1 | 1666 !1,666 | Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | |
? | 1661 !1,661 | Limber Pine Pinus flexilis |
South Park, Colorado, United States | |
BBL 2 | 1649 !1,649 | Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana |
Sierra Nevada, California, United States | |
BCK 69 | 1646 !1646–1647 | Baldcypress Taxodium distichum |
Bladen County, North Carolina, United States | |
? | 1636 !1,636 | Nootka Cypress Callitropsis nootkatensis |
Vancouver Island, Canada | |
FL101 | 1567 !1,567 | Northern Whitecedar Thuja occidentalis |
Ontario, Canada | |
? | 1542 !1,542 | Limber Pine Pinus flexilis |
central Colorado, United States |
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