List of Oldest Trees - Individual Trees With Verified Ages

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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