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To: SunkenCiv

Hmm. There is a large colony of blueberry bushes in N. PA which is like this. I.e. all the plants are genetically identical; they are all one big clone.,


3 posted on 12/23/2009 6:51:50 PM PST by hellbender
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To: hellbender

Yes, but it’s not the same tree, itself. Box huckleberry does the same thing, and crustose lichens that one can see on boulders, in excess of a certain size are older ‘n hell, too.

But I think the oldest living thing, so far, would be the bristlecone pine found in Nevada and California. Right up there anyway.


6 posted on 12/23/2009 6:58:11 PM PST by Freedom4US
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