• Question: What is the oldest plant in the world

    Asked by wake520tepa on 27 Mar 2025. This question was also asked by suns520tepa, tame520tepa.
    • Photo: Duncan Smallman

      Duncan Smallman answered on 27 Mar 2025:

      I do not know. I believe there is a tree (i forget the species) that is over 2000 years old.

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      Caroline Mullen answered on 27 Mar 2025:

      The oldest colony of plants is called Pando which is a colony of trees that are all clones of one another in Utah, USA, it is thought to be 80,000 years old. The oldest individual plant seems to be the Jurupa oak in California that is thought to be 13,000 years old.

    • Photo: Rachael Eggleston

      Rachael Eggleston answered on 27 Mar 2025:

      I read a paper talking about 3 dwarf willows growing on some Italian mountaintops that are at least 2,000 years old, but maybe up to 18,000. It’s hard for us to say which exact plant is the oldest!

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