Inyo County, California, United States


Methuselah is a 4844-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine treePinus longaeva.

For many years it was the world's oldest known living non-clonal organism. It was superseded by the discovery of another bristlecone pine which scientists believe to be 5063 years .

The tree is named after Methuselah, a Biblical figure with the longest mentioned lifespan in the Bible.

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