Gary, Jess, Although not dated by ring counting a Baobab from Namibia was C14 dated to well over 1000 years on the OLD LIST http://www.rmtrr.org/oldlist.htm
Adansonia digitata 1275 ± 50 C14 Grootboom, Northeast Namibia Patrut et al. 2007 Edward Frank Check out my new Blog: http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/ (and click on some of the ads) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jess Riddle To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:47 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Angiosperms....are there many (or any) that can reach a 1,000 years of age with the original stem? Gary, I've heard from Ed Cook, a dendrochronologist who could probably answer you question better than anyone, that the longest lived angiosperm for which there are good ages is silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii) in New Zealand. Ages for them approach 900 years. Some other species like baobab or a tropical species could be older, but their are no definite ages. Jess On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Gary Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Without being coppiced? > > Just wondering. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
