One-Thousand Year-Old Plants

Re:One-Thousand Year-Old Plants by CalRobert on Saturday July 31, 2021 @04:19PM (#28021242)

If you're in California and enjoy this sort of thing, the Bristlecone pines near Mammoth Lakes are the oldest trees in the world. I'm not religious but to me, visiting them is almost sacred.

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Re:One-Thousand Year-Old Plants by OneLeggedCat on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:22PM (#28022302)

The bristlecones in Great Basin NP in Nevada are approximately the same age. The oldest tree in the world lived there until a guy cut it down in 1964, making the new oldest tree the one in California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees

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Re:One-Thousand Year-Old Plants by throwawaysea on Saturday July 31, 2021 @05:32PM (#28021732)

I haven’t seen the bristlecones but I get what you mean. I get the same feeling of sacredness when I visit old trees elsewhere like the redwoods, or when I see majestic large animals like whales (although they are much younger).

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