Trees are an important factor in natural beauty. Most of the trees live for 23 years but the oldest tree in the world has lived so many decades.
Nowadays humans are cutting trees just to fulfill their wood needs. The oldest tree in the world is not yet cut by humans.
So, let’s talk about the oldest tree.
Meet the oldest tree, The “Great Basin Bristlecone Pine”. Locate in California, Pinus longaeva is the longest living tree. The exact location of the Pinus longaeva tree is not revealed due to the fear of its extinction.
According to Wikipedia, Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is 5,062 years old which is described by the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. It is also the oldest non-clonal living organism.
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is still living but the exact location is hidden from the public.
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine grows at the speed of a century. The Great Basin grows with a speed of 1 inch per century.
It means that it grows one inch in 100 years. The growth rate of Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is very slow.
Dr. Edmund Schulman discovered the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine in the 1950s and reported the finding of Great Basin in 1958s at the National Geographic Community.
Tom Harlan found the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine at top of the White Mountains in California. The height was measured by Tom Harlon. The age that was calculated in the laboratory was 5,062.
Tom Harlon didn’t reveal the location due to the fear of its extinction. In 2013s, Tom passed away with the secret of the tree’s location.
Now, nobody knows about the exact location of that tree.
Yet, the known oldest tree also belongs to Pinus longaeva which is Methuselah. Methuselah is located near to Great Basin. The exact location is hidden from the public. Only some scientists know the exact lo0cation.
These types of trees are very rare.
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine grows at a very low speed. Its structure remains the same. For an instance, if you have seen a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine and then you see it again after 20 or 30 years, the structure of the tree will be the same.
Their production is very low. They look haunted by their structure.
Climate Change has some effects on Great Basin Bristlecone Pine trees. They have survived in various climates and temperatures.
The huge fear is that climate change can cause the extinction of trees.
An interesting thing is that the trees which are located at the top of the mountain, gown upward with the rise of temperature. But in the case of Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, it doesn’t happen.
Why Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, there are many more trees in the world but why Great Basin is the oldest tree in the world.
An important factor behind the oldness of the tree is that these trees grow at a speed of 1 inch per century. These trees grow 8 to 12 ft. With a very slow growth rate, they do not get harmed or cut.
These trees are far from the public. This is also a great reason that the tree is saved from cutting.
They found it at the highest peaks of the white mountains which makes it dense wood because of the cold wind that touches it.
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is the oldest tree in the world, yet. If scientists and researchers will find another oldest tree, we will update our content.
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