TREE FACTS

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Did you know that the oldest tree in the world is a Bristle Cone Pine (Pinus longaeva)? 

Until 2013, Methuselah, an ancient bristlecone pine was the oldest known non-clonal organism on Earth. While Methuselah still stands as of 2016 at the ripe old age of 4,848 in the White Mountains of California, in Inyo National Forest, another bristlecone pine in the area was discovered to be over 5,000 years old! Methuselah and its unnamed senior pine's exact locations are kept a close secret in order to protect them. 

 The largest aspen grove in Utah—and the world’s largest known living organism—is Pando, located in the Fihslake National Forest. Spanning 106 acres, this single clonal colony consists of over 47,000 genetically identical quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) trunks connected by one vast, ancient root system. 

The Coast Redwood (Sequoia sermpervirens) is the tallest tree in the world! The Hyperion tree is the world's tallest known living coastal redwood with a height of 381.3. feet. These tree are know to live for over 2000 years!