THE OLDEST TREES ALIVE BEFORE CHRIST

The oldest living trees facts:

Trees are the natural part of the nature earth and are primary source for many organisms. Trees are very useful for us they provide us Food furniture, shelter, crafts...etc. They provide shelter and food  to wildlife. 

The most important beautiful thing about trees are that they convert co2 to breathable air.

Trees drink more than 2000 liters of water every year and they have the high life span Trees lower the environment temperature by evaporating water through it's leaves. There are trees alive now since BC.

HERE ARE THE  OLDEST  TREES  LIVING ON EARTH:

The life of the tree here is estimated by carbon dating, one of the method to find age of a living thing on earth.

• Methuselah:(4,850-year-old)

Methuselah is a biblical name which says about a longest man lived on this earth according to the HOLY BIBLE.Methuselah trees located between 2,900 and 3,000 m  above sea level in the "Methuselah Grove" in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest within the Inyo National Forest.

Its exact location has not been publicly disclosed in order to preserve them. The age of this tree is around 4,850-year-old.

• Pinus longaeva:(5,068 years old.)

is a long-living species of pine tree.It is found in the higher mountains of California  and  is the oldest known living non-clonal organism on Earth. In 1987 it is estimated to be 5,068 years old.

• Gran Abuelo:(3647 years old)

Gran Abuelo is also the oldest living tree alive and the age of the tree is around 3647 years old. It is located in Cordillera Pelada, Los Ríos, Chile. It is located  within Alerce Costero National Park, which is a protected area about 137 km in Cordillera Pelada.

• Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi:(2302 years old)

The age of Java sri maha bodhi tree is 2302 years old. It is believed to be a sacred tree till now.

It is a sacred fig tree – found in the Mahamewna Gardens of Anuradhapura and located in Sri Lanka. 

This tree is said to be a sapling from the very tree, the Sri Maha Bodhi tree of Bodh Gaya, under which Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. 

The sapling was taken to Sri Lanka and planted in 249 BC. It is the oldest living, human-planed tree in the world that has a documented planting date.  

Buddhists around the world recognize this tree as one of the most sacred and revered relics, and many people make a pilgrimage to this site each year.

• Sarv-e Abarqu:(4,000 years old)

Sarv-e Abarqu which is called as the "Zoroastrian Sarv," It is located in Iran.It  is a cypress tree in Yazd province of Iran country. 

The age of the tree is estimated to be 4,000 years old. It is also considered as an Iranian national monument. It was known that the Sarv-e Abarqu tree is the oldest living thing in provisions of Asia.

• Alerce : (3,646 years old)

The Alerce is a , a towering tree species native to the Andes mountains. Many botanists believe they are the second-longest living trees on Earth aside from the bristlecone pinee of North America. 

To date, the oldest known living spcimen is 3,646 years old and is appropiately called Grand Abuelo.

• Patriarca da Floresta:(2000 years old)

Patriarca da floresta is believed to be a sacred tree in Brazil. It making it the oldest non-conifer in Brazil. 

Cordillera Pelada is a mountain range in southern Los Ríos Region, southern Chile. 

It is located along the Pacific coast and forms part of the larger Chilean Coast Range. 

It got its name pelada from the Spanish word for bare or bald in reference to large fires that once burned the forests on the cordillera.