Top 10 Oldest Trees in the World in 2016

According to Scientists, trees absorb carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and many other potentially harmful gasses, and release oxygen in exchange. Without oxygen, humans and animals can not live, therefore trees create an ecosystem to provide habitat and food for birds and other animals.
Today, we will be looking at the top 10 oldest trees in the world. Below are the lists:

10. KONGEEGEN IN DENMARK


Kongeegen means “King’s Oak”, and it an ancient oak tree in Denmark. This tree estimates to have lived for over 1500 years in Norther Europe. It is also known to be the most oldest tree in the whole of Europe.
9. CHESTNUT TREE IN SICILY

This chestnut tree also called “The tree of one hundred horses” in Sicily, a few kilometers from the Sant’Alfio’s town, near the Mount Etna is known to be one of the oldest trees in the world. Castagno dei Cento Cavalli as it is scientifically called believed to have lived for over 2000 years. The massive chestnut tree holds the world record for girth, clocking in at 190 feet in circumference.
8. JŌMON SUGI

Jōmon Sugi is a large Cryptomeria tree of about 83-foot height and 53-foot girth, located on Yakushima, in Japan. It dates to the Jomon Period from which it gets its name. Calculated using tree’s growth ring, it is about 2000 years old, though some argue that the tree is over 7000 years old.
7. Jardine Juniper in Cache National Forest

The Jardine Juniper often referred to as the oldest tree found within Logan Cayon in the Cache National Forest. The tree was discovered by Maurice Blood Linford on July 23, 1923 and it is said to have lived for 1500 years. It was formerly believed to be around 3000 years old but core scientific tests and samples brought the age of the tree down to 1500 years. It’s around 40 feet tall and 24 feet around.
6. Cypress of Abarkuh in Iran

The Zoroastrian Sarv also known as Sarv-e Abarqu or Cypress of Abarkuh, is a cypress tree in Central Iran, Yazd Province at Iranian National Movement. It is said to have lived for 4000 years, earning its title as the oldest living thing in the whole of Asia.


5. LLANGERNYW YEW IN WALES

Llangernyw yew is the oldest tree in Wales, as it is over 4,000-year-old. The tree was found in St Dygain’s Church in Llangernyw, County Borough of Conwy. In 2012, it was inducted into a list of 50 Great British Trees by the UK Tree Council.
4. ALERCE MILENARIO IN ANDES MOUNTAINS

Alerce Milenario or Gran Abuelo is also a cypress tree like Zoroastrian Sarv, and it is known to be one of the oldest trees in the world. Fitzroya Cupressoides (as it is scientifically called) is located in the Andes Mountains in South America. It was found to be currently 3640 years old by counting its growth rings, making it second oldest fully verified living tree after the Pinus longaeva.


3. OLD TJIKKO IN SWEDEN

Old Tjikko is a spruce tree located on Fulufjället Mountain of Dalarna province in Sweden. The 9500 -year-old Norway Spruce was discovered by Kullman, a Physical Geography professor at Umeå University in 2014. The age was determined by counting the growth ring.

2. METHUSELAH IN CALIFORNIA


Methuselah has been tagged the oldest living thing on earth with almost 5000 years of age. This bristlecone pine tree grows in the White Mountains, in Inyo Nationa Forest, Eastern California. The exact location of this tree has been kept secret from the public, making it hard to believe pictures of the tree anywhere (which might not be it above).

1. PANDO IN UTAH

Should we call Pando an individual tree? Pando aren’t actually individual tree but stems of a massive single clone of a Quaking Aspen in Utah. It is estimated to have been in existence for over 1 million years. Known also as The Trembling Giant determined to be a single living organism by identical genetic markers and assumed to have one massive underground root system, covering 107 acres and weighing 6,615 tons.