Posted by: Sandy Steinman | September 7, 2016

Pine Is Oldest Living European Inhabitant

Stockholm University reports

Pine oldest living inhabitant in Europe A Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) growing in the highlands of northern Greece has been dendrocronologically dated to be more than 1075 years old. This makes it currently the oldest known living tree in Europe. The millenium old pine was discovered by scientists from Stockholm University (Sweden), the University of Mainz (Germany) and the University of Arizona (USA).

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