The world's oldest known living tree was found in the mountains of Sweden. This conifer first took root at the end of the last Ice Age. Though its trunk is less than 600 years old, its roots date back to 9,550 years ago, making it the world's oldest known living tree, scientists say.
This Norway spruce, of a species commonly used as Christmas trees in Europe, was found in 2004 on a Swedish mountaintop. It is a mountain shrub survivor found at an altitude of 2,985 feet5 (900 meters) in Dalarna Province. According to scientists, its longevity is largely due to its ability to clone itself.
This oldest tree stands 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall). Its stems can live up to 600 years. But as soon as the stem dies, a new one grows from the same root stock. This is the reason why it has a very long life expectancy.
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