wheeler peak, nevada is the oldest clonal colony of living trees in the united states.
wheeler peak, nevada is the oldest clonal colony of living trees in the united states.
where is the oldest clonal colony of living trees in the united states?
wheeler peak, nevada
a clonal colony can survive for much longer than an individual tree. a colony of 47,000 quaking aspen trees (nicknamed pando), covering in the fishlake national forest of utah, is considered one of the oldest and largest organisms in the world. the colony has been estimated to be 80,000 years old, although tree ring samples date individual, above-ground, trees at only an average of about 130 years. a colony of huon pine trees covering on mount read (tasmania) is estimated to be around 10,000 years old, as determined by dna samples taken from pollen collected from the sediment of a nearby lake. individual trees in this group date to no more than 4,000 years old, as determined by tree ring samples.
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if considered singular entities, the largest organisms are clonal colonies which can spread over large areas. pando, a clonal colony of the quaking aspen tree, is widely considered to be the largest such organism by mass. even if such colonies are excluded, trees retain their dominance of this listing, with the giant sequoia being the most massive tree. in 2006 a huge clonal colony of "posidonia oceanica" was discovered south of the island of ibiza. at across, and estimated at around 100,000 years old, it may be one of the largest and oldest clonal colonies on earth.
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