5. are the oldest living plants on Earth.
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The Great Basin bristlecone is the oldest living plant on earth.
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When doing an online search for the oldest living things on Earth, chances are high that most of those search results will include various plants and trees. Several plants have figured out that the key to survival is cloning. Nearly all of the plants on this list are clones, which means that the plant produces new genetically identical individuals each time one dies. The root systems of these clonal colonies are absolutely ancient, all over 9,000 years old, with the oldest living for over 80,000 years! Currently, all of these plants are still alive, but many of them are endangered. Luckily, they’re all protected and some of the plants live in secret places, inaccessible to the public. Hopefully through careful conservation efforts, these plants can continue to live for additional millennia.
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4. Jurupa Oak
Age: about 13,000 years old
Location: Jurupa Mountains, California, USA
Species: Quercus palmeri (Palmer’s oak)
Jurupa Oakphoto source: Wikimedia Commons
The Jurupa Oak is a 13,000 year old clonal colony of Palmer’s oak found in the Jurupa Mountains of California. Compared to other oaks, the Jurupa oak looks a group of small bushes – it is the only one of its kind in the area. Palmer’s oaks typically grow in more mountainous regions with cooler and wetter climates than the Jurupa Mountains.
Michael May, from the University of California, Davis was the first person to realize that the 70 clusters of stems might belong to the same plant. May noticed that the leaves and growth patterns of the stems all looked similar. After confirming his suspicions, May determined that the Jurupa Oak had been cloning itself for at least 13,000 years. The Jurupa Oak has been producing new sprouts every time the tree has been hit by fire.
3. Revived Ice Age Flower
Age: about 31,800 years old
Location: Siberia, Russia
Species: Silene stenophylla (narrow-leafed campion)
2. King’s Lomatia
Age: at least 43,600 yeas old (possibly up to 135,000 years)
Location: Tasmania
Species: Lomatia tasmanica
1. Pando
Age: over 80,000 years old
Location: Fishlake National Forest, Utah, USA
Species: Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Pandophoto source: Wikimedia Commons via the U.S. Forest
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