Paragraph on “The Oldest Trees” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12

The Oldest Trees

In times like today when deforestation is continuing across the world it would be difficult to believe they we still have trees which are thousands of years old. However it is true that the Bristlecone pines found in the mountains of California are over 4000 years old. Till the end of the nineteenth century, scientists believed that the Giant Sequoias were the oldest trees till they discovered the bristlecones. A bristlecone tree cut down in 1969 was found to be more than 4800 years old. Presently the oldest living tree is about 4600 years old. Bristlecone trees grow in very adverse conditions and at high altitudes and on barren terrain. They have strangely twisted and stunted shapes and few leaves at the top.