This tree was 1500 years old when it died in 1400 AD. 2천 100살 좀 넘었나요?)
(요 나무는 호적에 올리질 않았나, 나이가 없네요. 5천 살은 훨 넘은 것 같은데.ㅎ)
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) is one of the bristlecone pines,
a group of three species of pine found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States.
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine occurs in Utah, Nevada and eastern California.
In California, it is restricted to the White Mountains, the Inyo Mountains,
and the Panamint Range, in Mono and Inyo counties.
In Nevada, it is found in most of the higher ranges of the Basin and Range from the Spring Mountains
near Las Vegas north to the Ruby Mountains,
and in Utah, northeast to South Tent in the Wasatch Range.
The oldest known tree in the world is a specimen of this species
located in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest of the White Mountains, with an age of 4,700 years,
measured by annual ring count on a small core taken with an increment borer.
It bears the nickname "Methuselah".
( **Methuselah:(성서)므두셀라<노아의 홍수 전시대에 969세까지 살았다는 유대의 족장(族長)>
An older specimen, nicknamed "Prometheus", was cut down in 1964.
Among the White Mountain specimens, the oldest trees are found on north-facing slopes,
with an average of 2,000 years, as compared to the 1,000 year average on the southern slopes.
The climate and the durability of their wood can preserve them long after death,
with dead trees as old as 7,000 years persisting next to live ones.
