10 Oldest Trees in the World

Pando
Age: ~80,000 years
Species: Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Location: Fishlake National Forest, Utah, USA
Still Alive: Yes

Pando


With an estimated age of over 80,000 years, Pando is technically one of the oldest trees in the world as well as one of the oldest living organisms. While most of the other trees on this list are individuals, Pando is a clonal colony that shares one underground root systems.

Above ground, Pando may look like a grove of individual trees, but they are all genetically identical clones.
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