<P> The current record - holders for individual, non-clonal trees are the Great Basin bristlecone pine trees from California and Nevada, in the United States . Through tree - ring cross-referencing, they have been shown to be more than five millennia old . </P> <P> A clonal colony can survive for much longer than an individual tree . A colony of 47,000 quaking aspen trees (nicknamed Pando), covering 106 acres (43 ha) in the Fishlake National Forest of Utah, is considered one of the oldest and largest organisms in the world . The colony has been estimated to be 80,000 years old, although tree ring samples date individual, above - ground, trees at only an average of about 130 years . A colony of Huon pine trees covering 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) on Mount Read, Tasmania is estimated to be around 10,000 years old, as determined by DNA samples taken from pollen collected from the sediment of a nearby lake . Individual trees in this group date to no more than 4,000 years old, as determined by tree ring samples . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Age (years) </Th> <Th> Species </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 7006185110900000000 ♠ 5,068 </Td> <Td> Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva </Td> <Td> White Mountains, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Oldest - known currently living tree . Tree cored by Edmund Schulman, age determined by Tom Harlan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Methuselah </Td> <Td> 7006177151200000000 ♠ 4,850 </Td> <Td> Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva </Td> <Td> White Mountains, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Until 2012, it was the oldest - known living tree in the world . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prometheus (WPN - 114) </Td> <Td> 4,844 </Td> <Td> Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva </Td> <Td> Wheeler Peak, Nevada </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Cut down by Donald Rusk Currey in 1964 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gran Abuelo </Td> <Td> 7006133226100000000 ♠ 3,647 </Td> <Td> Patagonian cypress Fitzroya cupressoides </Td> <Td> Cordillera Pelada, Los Ríos </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> Alive . Located within Alerce Costero National Park . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CBR26 </Td> <Td> 3,266 </Td> <Td> Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Dead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> D - 21 </Td> <Td> 3,220 </Td> <Td> Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Dead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> D - 23 </Td> <Td> 3,075 </Td> <Td> Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Dead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CMC 3 </Td> <Td> 3,033 </Td> <Td> Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Dead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scofield Juniper </Td> <Td> 2,675 </Td> <Td> Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Dead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CB - 90 - 11 </Td> <Td> 7005898922000000000 ♠ 2,461 </Td> <Td> Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine Pinus aristata </Td> <Td> central Colorado </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Panke Baobab </Td> <Td> 2,419 </Td> <Td> African Baobab Adansonia digitata </Td> <Td> Matabeleland North </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> <Td> Dead in 2011; the oldest non-clonal angiosperm ever documented . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi </Td> <Td> 2,305 </Td> <Td> Sacred fig Ficus religiosa </Td> <Td> Anuradhapura, North Central Province </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> A sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which the Buddha became enlightened . It was planted in 288 BC and is the oldest living human - planted tree in the world with a known planting date . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 2,200 </Td> <Td> Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens </Td> <Td> northern California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Dead . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bennett Juniper </Td> <Td> 2,200 </Td> <Td> Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> SHP 7 </Td> <Td> 2,110 </Td> <Td> Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 7005710395000000000 ♠ 1,944 </Td> <Td> Subalpine Larch Larix lyallii </Td> <Td> Kananaskis, Alberta </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CRE 175 </Td> <Td> 1,889 </Td> <Td> Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum </Td> <Td> northern New Mexico </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miles Juniper </Td> <Td> 7005668528000000000 ♠ 1,830 </Td> <Td> Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 7005660024000000000 ♠ 1,807 </Td> <Td> Sugi Cryptomeria japonica </Td> <Td> Yakushima Island </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KET 3996 </Td> <Td> 7005628520000000000 ♠ 1,720 </Td> <Td> Limber Pine Pinus flexilis </Td> <Td> Ketchum, Idaho </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> BFR - 46 </Td> <Td> 1,697 </Td> <Td> Limber Pine Pinus flexilis </Td> <Td> Wasatch Mountains, Utah </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> FL117 </Td> <Td> 7005613699000000000 ♠ 1,680 </Td> <Td> Northern Whitecedar Thuja occidentalis </Td> <Td> Ontario </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ERE </Td> <Td> 1,670 </Td> <Td> Limber Pine Pinus flexilis </Td> <Td> northern New Mexico </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> RCR 1 </Td> <Td> 1,666 </Td> <Td> Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 1,661 </Td> <Td> Limber Pine Pinus flexilis </Td> <Td> South Park, Colorado </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> BBL 2 </Td> <Td> 1,649 </Td> <Td> Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana </Td> <Td> Sierra Nevada, California </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> BCK 69 </Td> <Td> 7005603503000000000 ♠ 1,652 </Td> <Td> Baldcypress Taxodium distichum </Td> <Td> Bladen County, North Carolina </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 1,636 </Td> <Td> Nootka Cypress Callitropsis nootkatensis </Td> <Td> Vancouver Island </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> FL101 </Td> <Td> 1,567 </Td> <Td> Northern Whitecedar Thuja occidentalis </Td> <Td> Ontario </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 1,542 </Td> <Td> Limber Pine Pinus flexilis </Td> <Td> central Colorado </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Age (years) </Th> <Th> Species </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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