The world's oldest tree is 5,000 years old, and its location is a top secret

An ancient Great Basin bristlecone pine in California's White Mountains, nearly 5,000 years old, holds the title of the ...
Forbes

Meet The World’s Oldest Tree — Nearly 5,000 Years Old And Born Before The Pyramids

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Trees older than empires are not as rare as you might think ...
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Tucked In California's White Mountains Is The World's Oldest Known Tree In A Wildly Unique, Surreal Environment

Within California's White Mountains, one of North America's largest and tallest desert mountain ranges, lies the Inyo National Forest near the California-Nevada border. Moving farther within the Inyo ...
LAist

The Ancient Bristlecone Tree Faces Two Major Threats: Bark Beetles And Us

If you’ve ever traveled to Death Valley National Park, the bristlecone pine woodlands are a sight to see. The oldest-known tree species in the world grows to 15 to 30 feet, but the contorted trees ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What We Can Learn from the Oldest Living Trees

Experience the wonder of ancient trees with this excerpt from the new book “In Search of the Old Ones” Anthony D. Fredericks The sky, resplendent as a shard of Navajo turquoise, highlighted the ...