# The oldest trees in the world

A bristlecone pine nearly 5,000 years old, a Swedish spruce that has cloned itself for almost 10,000 years and an aspen grove sharing one ancient root system: the oldest trees on Earth. Which one would you like to visit?

- 77 votes · 10 items
- May 18, 2025 · Temitope Adeleke
- https://even.best/en/l/2890/the-oldest-trees-in-the-world

## Top 10

1. **Methuselah** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — A Great Basin bristlecone pine in California's White Mountains, over 4,800 years old; its exact location is secret.
2. **Llangernyw Yew** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — A yew in a Welsh churchyard, estimated at 4,000 to 5,000 years old.
3. **Pando** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — A grove of quaking aspens in Utah that share a single, ancient root system.
4. **Old Tjikko** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — A Norway spruce in Sweden whose root system is about 9,500 years old.
5. **Sarv-e Abarqu** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — A cypress in Iran, about 4,000 years old.
6. **Gran Abuelo** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — A Patagonian cypress (alerce) in Chile, more than 3,600 years old.
7. **Jōmon Sugi** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The great cedar of Yakushima island in Japan.
8. **Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The sacred fig of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, planted over 2,300 years ago.
9. **Prometheus** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — A bristlecone pine in Nevada about 4,900 years old, cut down in 1964.
10. **Patriarca da Floresta** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — A jequitibá tree in Brazil, about 3,000 years old.

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