3,500 years ago, when the ancient Phoenicians were hitting the stride, a tiny cypress tree, smaller than a fist, sprouted in swamplands of Central Florida. The very same cypress burned to the ground in 2012.
It was known as ‘The Senator’. This majestic 118-foot tall tree was one of the oldest organisms in the world. It is interesting to note that the tree survived hurricanes, disease and logging sprees. It served as a landmark for Seminole Indians, a tourist attraction for Victorians and a spiritual epicentre for pilgrims hoping to bask.
Here is a list of world’s oldest and amazing trees that remain:
1. Old Tjikko (Sweden)
Sprouted in the last Ice Age, roughly 9, 500 years ago was discovered by Leif Kullman, who named the tree after his dead dog’s name.
2. Methuselah (California)
This 5,000 years old oldest non-clonal tree in the world from California’s White Mountains is a bristlecone pine tree. It is exactly located in Forest Service secret in California.
3. Llangernyw (North Wales)
This 4,000 years old-yew tree was welcomed into a list of 50 Great British Trees by the UK council in 2002. It was planted in what is now a North Wales Churchyard way back when the Egyptians Pyramids were considered a new development.
4. Zoroastrian Sarv (Iran)
This tree in Iranian National Monument which is 4,000 years old cypress took root at the time when ancient people in Central Asia were inventing wheels with spokes.
5. Fitzroya Cupressoides (Chile)
This tall and skinny evergreen in the Andes Mountain is commonly known as Alerce.
