Which is the oldest tree in the world?
Great Basin Bristlecone Pines (Pinus longaeva) is remarkable for being the oldest non-clonal species on the planet. ... Because of these conditions the Pinus longaeva grow very slowly, and in some years do not even add a ring of growth. Great Basin Bristlecone Pines is 4,765 years old
While researchers know which Great Basin Bristlecone Pine in the Methuselah Grove is Methuselah, its exact location is not available to the public. This is to protect Methuselah from harm and this means that visitors may have seen Methuselah and taken pictures of the ancient tree without knowing.
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines are an extremely rare species found only in California, Nevada, and Utah.
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Julie Allen
Methuselah is a Great Basin bristlecone pine (pinus longaeva) that is currently 4,852 years old (as of 2021). Its exact location is kept secret for its safety, but it lies somewhere amidst the aptly named Methuselah Grove in the White Mountains of eastern California. Methuselah and other bristlecone pines grow so old because of their many biological adaptations to their harsh environment in the high-altitude, desert regions of the Southeast United States.