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View full size image. Until 2013, the oldest individual tree in the world was Methuselah, a 4,845-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) in the White Mountains of California.nd on the other side of the world, in an Andes Mountains grove in Chile, we have a 3,642-year-old Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides). The ancient specimen, which is sometimes called the Alerce (alerce is a common Spanish name for F. cupressoides), is the third-oldest tree to have its exact age calculated.
You can age some trees by their rings, but only trees which grow in seasonal climates produce them and even then decay of the heartwood in the centre means ï¬nding an age isnât always possible. The great basin bristlecone pine (pinus longaeva) is the oldest veriï¬ed by tree ring counts, at 4,844 years. Dr Fred Rumsey, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum Tags: bark, biggest tree, Environment, general sherman, question of the day, wood