Old growth Spruce - bags the quartered bits

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:14 am

The link says it all,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080417/od ... 0417131817

Go ya dibs in the quartered bits,

Actually there is a 35,000yo cycad at Brampton island so this is just a baby,

Hesh1956 · Post by **Hesh1956** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:10 am

Fascinating and I wanted to see a good picture of it so I went surfing and found this:

What really surprises me is that unlike the previous contenders for the world's oldest trees this one stands alone - all the others were in groves.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:46 pm

That must be one seriously tough tree. Winter isnt that friendly up there is it?

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