Saturday, March 2, 2013

DTN News - Picture of The Day: Old Tjikko, a 9,550 year old Norway Spruce, is the oldest known living individual clonal tree, located in Sweden

DTN News - Picture of The Day: Old Tjikko, a 9,550 year old Norway Spruce, is the oldest known living individual clonal tree, located in Sweden

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 2, 2013:  The tree's stems live no more than 600 years, but its root system's age was established using carbon dating and genetic matching. Elsewhere in the Fulu mountains, 20 spruces have been found older than 8,000 years.

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