Prometheus (tree)
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Prometheus was the world's oldest known non-clonal organism, a Great Basin bristlecone pine tree growing near the tree line on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, United States. The tree was at least 4,86
The stump (lower left) and some remains of the Prometheus tree (center), in the Wheeler Bristlecone Pine Grove at Great Basin National Park near Baker, Nevada
The grove in which Prometheus grew, with the headwall of Wheeler Peak in the distance
The stump of the Prometheus tree
Methuselah (pine tree)
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Methuselah is a 4,858-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest con
Prometheus (tree)
…was at least 5,000 years old when it was cut down. That made it the oldest known unitary (i.e. non-clonal) organism at the time, exceeding even the Methuselah tree of the White Mountains' Schulman Grove, in California, though Methuselah was later redated to 4,850 years old. In 2010, a reportedly living bristlecone…
The Methuselah Grove