Is the pine tree perennial «Mathusilah» the oldest living tree on the earth, reaching age 4847
With 2016, and this tree is one of the few old trees that science has succeeded in reaching a measure enacted exactly. It was at that rely on counting the number of rings in a small piece of the core of the tree have been extracted very special tools. It is uncommon to see vast areas covered with trees that are able to withstand the vagaries of time for thousands of years, but to find a single tree stood isolated in front of all the vagaries of weather and other civilizations experienced boom and fall is rare. This is what happened with a tree «Mathusilah» famous species of pine trees, perennials ( Pinus longaeva), which live for long periods
Officials kept the exact location of the tree top secret, for fear that the cut. But this kind of trees and generally live on high mountains in the south of the American West, in the states of Utah and Nevada and eastern California, which is protected in some areas in America, where prevents the cut or cut branches.
It should be noted that the perennial pine trees are medium-sized trees, with a length ranging between 5 to 15 meters, diameter trunk between two and a half meter to three and a half meters. Orange yellow color trunk, and be part of it down thin and scaly. The leaves are needle shape, and length of 2.5 to 4 cm, and color from dark top and white bottom green. Green and stay longer than any other plant, they can remain green for more than 45 years.
