[DUMBGRUNT]

I'm from the Government, and here to help.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-one-man-accidentally-killed-the-oldest-tree-ever-125764872/

[Pearls Before Swine]

The sentence about the Aspen trees sprouting from a root network that is 80,000 years old got my attention.

[Made In The USA]

What’s with Cypress trees that makes them survive this long? I thought the Cypress trees at Caddo Lake, TX (400-600 years old) was amazing... but >2,600 years old. Wow.

[Flick Lives]

Which senator?

[stanne]

A swamp? As in THE Swamp?

[Zathras]

Which Senator?

[jimfr]

These reported ages are very suspect. There is no way they can accurately determine the age of trees by an increment core. Many times a tree may put on two or three increments in one year caused by drastic weather changes. A small portion of the trunk will put on extra “ half” years, only half way around the trunk because a stress exerted on the tree. Without seeing the full disc at multiple heights can a reasonable age be determined. A conservatory would be more incline to give a high age to claim a need to preserve the area.

[rockinqsranch]

“A 2,624-Year-Old Tree Has Just Been Found Growing in a Swamp in America”

Species Bernisanderous.

[yarddog]

When I was a kid, it was common to see lamps made from cypress knees. Haven’t seen one in a long time.

[moovova]

How long before the tree-huggers proclaim their undying love for the Mother Gaia of all trees...

[fruser1]

Hmmmm. I could use a new cigar box.

[Oscar in Batangas]

When we finally get the SWAMP drained, we better go on a major uprooting operation

THEN nuke it from space...just to be sure

[Songcraft]

"My weary limbs, as old as I
still reach gamely, towards the sky!"

[Larry Lucido]

Ping?

[umgud]

My aunt bragged she had a rocking chair that went back to Louis the 16th. I told her I had a washer that went back to Sears the 14th.

[antidemoncrat]

“one that is at least 2,624 years old”

Bah! Just a youngster: “Bristlecone Pines Break 4,650-Year Growth Record”

[LeoTDB69]

Rumor is Shelby the swamp logger is on his way to NC already with his dawg. :-)

[Right Wing Assault]

BCE is leftist short for BC.

[Hot Tabasco]

Never gave much thought to trees until I lost the pin oak in my front yard that was knocked over onto my house when a small tornado came thru approx. 8 years ago.........

I actually felt sadness for the loss and had it replaced the following year with another tree.

I've not gained an appreciation for them and the beauty the add to the landscape.

I can't imagine trees such as this being so old but yet I once saw a documentary on another tree somewhere that was reported as being the oldest tree in tree in the world.............Amazing stuff.

[Fiji Hill]

"That makes it a seedling or sapling in 605 BCE BC - a timeframe that predates the Roman Empire by centuries, and the year Nebuchadnezzar II ascended to the throne of Babylon."

FIFY

[Vendome]

Are they bald because of their advanced age?