World’s Oldest Tree! This spruce resides on Fulu Mountain in the Dalarna province of Sweden and has roots that are 9,550 years old. Prior to its discovery, scientists believed the oldest trees were 4,000 year old pine trees.

World’s Oldest Tree! This spruce resides on Fulu Mountain in the Dalarna province of Sweden and has roots that are 9,550 years old. Prior to its discovery, scientists believed the oldest trees were 4,000 year old pine trees.

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  4. plasticbeethoven reblogged this from dihard and added:
    I feel duped….I hugged those pine...so old. Now I have to go to Sweden and find this
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  6. starline reblogged this from dihard and added:
    Huh. You’d think it would be a bigger tree.
  7. cloois reblogged this from dihard and added:
    both of those species belong to...conifers. is there a known reason why conifers
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