Record #:

12550

Author(s):

Bolch, Judy

Abstract:

University of North Carolina geographer, Donald Currey, located the oldest known living tree. Discovered on Wheeler Peak, in a national forest on the Utah-Nevada boundary, Currey scientifically dated a bristlecone pine to some 4,900 years.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 1, June 1966, p15, il

Subject(s):

Trees--Nevada; Trees--Utah