List of oldest trees
Old trees with estimated ages
Note: The ages of the trees in this list are speculative and probably unreliable.

List of oldest trees

Section Title: Old trees with estimated ages
Table Section Text: Note: The ages of the trees in this list are speculative and probably unreliable.

Name	Age (years)	Species	Location	Country	Notes

?	5,068	Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva	White Mountains, California	United States	Tree cored by Edmund Schulman, age determined by Tom Harlan. However, core is missing and date is unconfirmed.

Llangernyw Yew	4,000–5,000	Common Yew Taxus baccata	Llangernyw, Conwy	Wales	Girth of 10.75 m. Situated in the churchyard of St Dygain's Church in Llangernyw village.

Sarv-e Abarkuh	4,500	Mediterranean cypress Cupressus sempervirens	Abarkuh, Yazd	Iran	Also called "Zoroastrian Sarv",

?	4,112	Yew Taxus baccata	Zonguldak	Turkey	Alive, found in 2016.

The Ancient Yew	4,000	Yew Taxus baccata	Tisbury, Wiltshire	England	37 feet in circumference. Situated in the churchyard of St John's, Tisbury. Carbon dated by David Bellamy.

The Senator	3,500	Pond cypress Taxodium ascendens	Longwood, Florida	United States	Destroyed by fire on January 16, 2012

Oliveira do Mouchão (KNJ1/601)	3,350	European olive tree Olea europea L. var. europaea	Mouriscas, Abrantes	Portugal	Alive.

The President	3,200	Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum	Sierra Nevada, California	United States	Alive.

Alishan Sacred Tree	3,000	Formosan cypress Chamaecyparis formosensis	Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi	Taiwan	Collapsed on July 1, 1997, following heavy rainstorms.

S’Ozzastru	3,000–4,000	Olive Olea europaea	Luras, Sardinia	Italy

Patriarca da Floresta [pt]	3,020	Jequitibá-rosa Cariniana legalis	Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo	Brazil	Alive. Probably the oldest non-conifer in Brazil.

Raintree	3,000	Great Basin bristlecone pine	Spring Mountains, Nevada	United States	Great Basin Bristlecone Pine located near Kyle Canyon in the Spring Mountain range in Southern Nevada, USA. Estimated 3000 years old but never cored.

Oliveira de Santa Iria de Azóia [Wikidata]	2,850	Olive Olea europaea	Santa Iria de Azóia [pt], Loures, Lisbon	Portugal	Magnificent Olive tree, probably the last one from a large olive grove. Studied by UTAD University and now classified "Public interest tree" by the Portuguese National Forest Authority; Tree ID

Mother of the Forest	2,520	Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum	Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California	United States	Dead.

General Sherman	2,300–2,700	Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum	Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California	United States	Alive with a height of 83.8 meters (275 ft), a diameter of 11 m (36 ft) at its base, and an estimated bole volume of 1,487 m3 (52,513 cu ft), it is among the tallest, widest, and longest-lived of all trees on the planet.

Kayano Ōsugi	2,300	Japanese cedar Cryptomeria japonica	Yamanaka Onsen, Ishikawa	Japan	Girth of 9.6 m. One of the four trees believed to be sacred in the precincts in a Shinto shrine.

Jōmon Sugi	2,170–7,200	Japanese cedar Cryptomeria japonica	Yakushima	Japan	Girth of 16.4 m. Exact dating is made difficult by the rotten core of the trunk.

Koca Katran	2,022	Lebanon Cedar Cedrus libani	Antalya	Turkey	Alive.

Ballyconnell Yew	2,000–5,000	Yew Taxus baccata	Ballyconnell, Annagh	Ireland	Oldest tree in Ireland and possibly in Europe.

Fortingall Yew	2,000–3,000	Yew Taxus baccata	Fortingall, Perthshire	Scotland	Possibly the oldest tree in Britain

Elia Vouvon	2,000–5,000	Olive Olea europaea	Kolymvari, Crete	Greece	Its name translates as "Olive Tree of Vouves".

Castagnu dê Centu Cavaddi	2,000–4,000	Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa	Sicily	Italy	Its name translates as the "Hundred Horse Chestnut".

Ulleungdo Hyangnamu	2,000–3,000	Chinese Juniper Juniperus chinensis	Ulleung-gun, Gyeongbuk	South Korea	Girth of 4.5 m. One of the main branch was broken in 1985 by typhoon "Brenda".

Lady Liberty	2,000	Bald cypress Taxodium distichum	Longwood, Florida	United States	Sometimes called the "Companion Tree" to 'Senator".

Tnjri	2,000	Oriental plane Platanus orientalis	Martuni Region	Azerbaijan	Oldest tree in Azerbaijan. Its trunk is hollow. Also known as "Sose's Tree".

Stara Maslina	2,000	Olive Olea europaea	Stari Bar, Bar	Montenegro

The Pechanga Great Oak Tree	2,000	Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia	Temecula, California	United States	Oldest oak tree in the United States, possibly in the world.

?	2,000	Olive Olea europaea	Tavira, Algarve	Portugal	Possibly oldest olive tree in Portugal.

?	2,000	Olive Olea europaea	Exo Hora, Zakynthos	Greece

?	2,000	Yew Taxus	Sochi, Krasnodar Krai	Russia	A grove known to possess several 2,000-year-old specimens.

Houkisugi at Nakagawa	2,000	Japanese cedar Cryptomeria japonica	Nakagawa Settlement, Yamakita town, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture	Japan

Methuselah	1,800	Coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens	Woodside, California	United States

Araucaria Madre	1,800	Araucaria Araucana	Araucanía	Chile	Located in Parque Nacional Conguillío. 1,800 rings account for at least 1,800 years.

Granit oak	1,700	Pedunculate oak Quercus robur	Granit	Bulgaria

Kongeegen	1,500–2,000	Pedunculate oak Quercus robur	Jægerspris Nordskov, Zealand	Denmark

Stelmužė Oak	1,500-2,000	Pedunculate oak Quercus robur	Stelmužė, Zarasai	Lithuania	Oldest tree in the Baltic states. Supposedly oldest oak in Europe.

Aubépines	1,500	Common hawthorn Crataegus monogyna	Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne	France	Oldest tree in France.

Seven Sisters Oak	1,500	Southern live oak Quercus virginiana	Mandeville, Louisiana	United States	Highly speculative; live oaks are extremely difficult to age, and rarely live more than 500 years.

Jardine Juniper	1,500	Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus scopulorum	Logan Canyon, Utah	United States

Árbol del Tule	1,433–1,600	Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum	Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca	Mexico	Stoutest tree trunk in the world. Its name translates as the "Tule Tree".

Cedars of God	1000+	Cedrus libani Cedars of Lebanon	Mount Lebanon	Lebanon	Oldest forest of cedars in Lebanon

Te Matua Ngahere	1,200–4,000	Kauri Agathis australis	Waipoua Forest, Northland	New Zealand	Oldest tree in New Zealand. Its name translates as "Father of the Forest".

Algarrobo Abuelo	+ 1,200	Algarrobo blanco Prosopis chilensis	Merlo Forest, Merlo, San Luis	Argentina	Oldest tree in Central Argentina.

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The Granit Oak (Quercus robur), estimated to be about 1,700 years old is the oldest tree in Bulgaria.

final_sentence: The Granit Oak (Quercus robur), estimated to be about 1,700 years old is the oldest tree in Bulgaria.