An olive tree can live over 2000 years.
There are well-known olive trees in Croatia and the island of Crete that have been tested and dated at around 1600 and 2000 years old respectively. There have also been claims of the existence of millennial olive trees in Athens, Sardinia, and Israel, some supposedly as old as 4,000 years old! They still produces olives, and they are highly prized. Olive trees are hardy and drought-, disease- and fire-resistant — part of the reason for their longevity and their widespread use.
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Shulamith Lotter
Jerry Foley, There was a Pistachio tree in the North of Israel that was over 2000 years old. One day someone came and made a barbecue under the tree and within a short space of time it was gone for ever. Trees live long if man is kept away from them.
Jerry Foley
Well now it seems there are a number of tree species which can live long lives. It also depends greatly on the care which they get.
renoskip
keithterrill, Come on now, this isn't Wikipedia...
renoskip
A mature redwood forest is composed of trees 500-1,000 years old on average. The trees in this redwood grove are approximately 65 years old. Coast redwoods can grow three to ten feet per year. Redwoods are among the fastest-growing trees on earth.
farida mahjoub
In Tunisia, there are olive trees over 2000 years old.
Toby
Jerry Foley, yes, there are many trees that have been dated as being much older. I THINK a bristlecone pine is currently the record holder at over 5000 years
Bakugou
Claire , no, there are lots that humans have not wasted so you can go look something up, but of course, random sites on google are always right!
Bakugou
True datVimala Padmaraj,
Vimala Padmaraj
IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, IN ISRAEL, THERE ARE OLIVE TREES OVER 2000 YEARS OLD.
Wray Menzies
There is a yew tree in Scotland,said to be alive when Pontius Pilate was born there
Sandra
If you say so but it's sort of hard to believe you know with nature the way it is you know storms and floods and stuff like that how come the tree ain't as tall as our written is the Redwood back in the Dinosaur Days trees have been bigger than what the Olive Tree is right now
Claire
This is not true average life is 500, but there are only a few as old as 1,500
thomasneal
I have gone and looked this up & what I found was that an olive tree can live as long as up 1500 years but the average life span is 500. Not over 2000.
keithterrill
The life span of on olive tree is under 1,500 years.
msgeri
10/10 not bad.
jaybird
I live among the California Redwoods. They are truly magnificent!
drillsargent aunt
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