A colony of 48,000 quaking aspen trees (nicknamed Pando), covering 106 acres (43 ha) in the Fishlake National Forest of Utah, is considered one of the oldest and largest organisms in the world.

May 29, 2023 · Prometheus, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaev a) in Wheeler Peak, Nevada, lived close to 5,000 years before it was cut down in 1964. It remains the longest-lived tree definitively...

Nov 7, 2025 · Pando is the oldest tree in the world. It weighs more than 13 million pounds and lives near Fish Lake in Utah.

The oldest trees in the world are the bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) of California's White Mountains, USA.

What is the oldest tree in the world? Located in the White Mountains of California, USA, is the oldest named individual tree – a Great Basin bristlecone pine named Methuselah.

Jun 25, 2025 · The world’s oldest confirmed living tree is a gnarled bristlecone pine found in a remote patch of high-altitude forest in the White Mountains of Eastern California.

Nov 10, 2025 · Old Tjikko, a single Norway Spruce (Picea abies) in Sweden, is the oldest known single-stemmed clonal tree, with a root system dated to approximately 9,567 years.

Dec 12, 2025 · I better look really carefully with higher magnification.” But there was no mistake. Prometheus was an estimated 4,900 years old, and at that point, the oldest tree ever dated – and it …

1 day ago · The story of Prometheus, the pine tree felled in 1964, marked a turning point in the conservation of ancient trees.

Jul 14, 2025 · What Is the Oldest Tree in the World? The oldest known non-clonal tree in the world is Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine located in California’s White Mountains. Verified to be …