Imagine living beings who have lived for centuries before the ancient Babylonians who first began to measure time as we know it today. This is the living testimony Growth Period, from the birth of the Greek and the Roman Empire until the development of Islam, Christianity, etc.. These trees have been living through a variety of climates and seasons progress from centuries ago. This is now the World's Oldest Trees
1. Methuselah
Among the living things on Earth, the oldest of all named Methuselah, with 4800 years of age. Methuselah is a type of Bristle-cone pine Basin. Located on a small street (street name is also called Methuselah) in Nevada. On the road before there is also another old tree named Prometheus, but unfortunately have to be cut down in 1964 due to severe damage.
2. Sarv-e-ABARKOOH
Tree Sarv-e-Abarkooh Cypress Tree 4000 years old and located in Abarkooh, Iran. This tree is also known as "Zoroastrian Sarv". This tree has its own place in the hearts of the people of Iran, according to his religious beliefs.
3. LLANGERNYW Yew
Another example of ancient trees that actually life is Llangernyw Yew, in Wales. Yew Tree types are common in ordinary Cemetery does not have a lifespan that is too long, but the tree this one is really extreme. He was estimated to be about 4000-5000 years, truly remarkable.
4. ALERCE
Also known as blind Fitzroya, This tree is known 3600 years old. The type is Cypress Patagonia, located in the Andes Mountains, southern Chile and Argentina. This is a very large green trees, the largest tree species in South America, usually growing high-premises 40-60 meters (131-196 ft, but sometimes more than 70 meters in Argentina) and the width of its trunk reaches a diameter of 5 meters.
5. THE SENATOR
Also known as The Bald Cypress, originally from Florida, USA. Around 3400-3500 years old, has a volume of 5100 cubic feet to make it the largest of its kind in the United States and the largest trees of each species east of the Mississippi River. In 1925, a storm destroyed the top of the tree, reducing the original height of 165 feet (50 m)
6. Patriarca DE Floresta
Also known as Jequitibá-rosa, was in Vassununga State Park, Brazil and is one of the largest trees in the Atlantic Forest. He was an estimated 3050 years. The high reached 49 meters and has a circumference of 16 meters (or about 10 now need to be circled).
7. Alishan Sacred
This tree is located in Taiwan, about 3000 years old. High as 60 meters with a trunk diameter reaching 7 meters. There is also a special place for locals who are Buddhist. On July 1, 1997 this tree uprooted in a storm causes the rain.
8. Chestnut OF 100 HORSES
Chestnut trees in the world's oldest and is known as the "Tree of 100 Horses". There in the road Linguaglossa, San D'Alfio, the slopes of Mount Etna, Sicily. This tree is a Chestnut tree species are the oldest in the world with approximately 2000-4000 years of age. This tree is also listed in the Guinness World Records as the "Tree girth Greatest Ever" with a circumference reached 57.9 m (190 ft) when measured in 1780, Incredible.
9. THE GENERAL SHERMAN
A giant tree that stands 275 feet tall and has particularly around 102 feet can be found in Sequoia National Park. In 2002, the volume of its trunk reaches 1487 cubic meters and is a tree with a trunk volume of the largest in the world. This tree was estimated to be 2300-2700 years old. In 1879 the tree was so named by the name of the American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman called.
10. The Jomon Sugi
Finally we come to the tree that the youngest among the trees above, although the actual age of the original can not be predicted with the clear because the inside of the trunk was too rotten to be analyzed. Estimated age is about 2170 years, until 7200 years. This tree is located in Yakushima, Japan.
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