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Surprised it's such a small tree, more like a Bonzai tree. Though as mentioned in the article, "Big trees cannot get this old". "The world’s oldest tree, Old T
by tito 7y ago
Surprised it's such a small tree, more like a Bonzai tree. Though as mentioned in the article, "Big trees cannot get this old".
"The world’s oldest tree, Old Tjikko, is a 9,500-year-old Norwegian Spruce tree that was discovered in 2004 by Professor Leif Kullman, and to this day remains the world’s oldest tree."
- altec3 7y agoHere's a good 1 minute podcast about it - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2AA00080-0AD4-55E1-EA50BC7A36A218C4/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/2AA00080-...
- tomerico 7y agoThe trunk itself is estimated to be only a few hundred years old. When the trunk dies but the root system is still alive, it may sprout a new trunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko