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Older than Bristlecones?
The Fortingall Yew (Taxus baccata) is an ancient yew tree in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall, Scotland. Various estimates suggest 5000 years or older.
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Comment by Don Richardson on January 24, 2013 at 1:48pm -
We'd love to see your article so please post a link. I'm sure there are other contenders for these top spots out there just waiting to be discovered. If you come across any item of interest on our endangered ancient trees, please post.
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Comment by Lawrence Hamilton on January 24, 2013 at 12:26pm -
Drat it. I just had an article printed in our local paper (Charlotte News) on Big and Ancient Trees, and the recent published paper on global evidence that these heritage trees were disappearing. I, of course mentioned bristlecone pine as oldest, giant sequoia as most massive, tule tree (Oaxaca) as greatest circumference and coastal redwood as tallest. I did mention the ancient clump (layered) of Norway spruce found in Sweden that established after glacier retreated at around 9000 years.Interested to hear of this ancient yew.
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Comment by Don Richardson on December 8, 2012 at 5:16pm
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Uploaded by Bealach to YouTube on Mar 21, 2010. Music: 'Pilgrim`s Way' by Phil Coulter & Aoife Ni Fhearraigh
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