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Oldest Tree in the World
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
,
p
15, il
Subject(s):
Trees--Nevada
;
Trees--Utah
Full Text:
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/state/1087922?item=1088008