What's the oldest tree in America?

Question

What kind is it, and where is it?

Also, is it the oldest tree because of what ''kind'' of tree it is, or because that particular tree has been alive that long?

Answer 1

it's called Methuselah and it's in california it's 4,786 years old

Answer 2

The oldest living tree is a conifer is Sweden at 9,550 years old

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...

In the US it is thought to be a Bristlecone pine in the California High Desert at 4,678 years

The oldest living organism that we know of is a Creosote Bush in the California Valley Desert at more than 11,000 years.  http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm...

The most ancient type of tree is the Ginko.  There are Ginko Fossils dating back 150 million years.  http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm...

Answer 3

lol@genghis

I think its one of those huge tall rosewood ones.

Answer 4

The one with the most rings on the inside