tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post4784932897130870493..comments2023-12-13T11:23:27.848-05:00Comments on Ponderings over the pond: The oldest living tree in the worldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-48765925279793309572008-04-10T22:53:00.000-04:002008-04-10T22:53:00.000-04:00It is kind of weird to imagine that such an old tr...It is kind of weird to imagine that such an old tree is in the ARctic cold, and that the giant trees we have been seeing here in Costa Rica are just 'teenagers'. I read somewhere that there are colonial aspen groves that also are thousands of years old.LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135583903768049008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622772963037648430.post-19095449318398608882008-04-09T20:35:00.000-04:002008-04-09T20:35:00.000-04:00You post this on an odd day for me, the 12th anniv...You post this on an odd day for me, the 12th anniversary of my father's death. Perhaps it is fitting, as to me his memory will go on forever, like the 8000 year old tree.<BR/><BR/>In the US they cut down the oldest know tree:<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(tree)PPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142532968938103536noreply@blogger.com