world's oldest trees

 

Thuja occidentalis

" ... the oldest living eastern white cedar on the Niagara Escarpment called it the Ancient One [has] 1,320 rings or years of growth. It was born at the time the first Buddhist temple was built."

Source here.

shu

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.”
– Chinese proverb