The specialists from the Federal University of Urali (Urfu), in collaboration with foreign colleagues, identified the most long -lived wood plant.
This is the common juniper (Juniperus communis). About this reported Gazeta.ru referring to the Urfu.
The shrub has been discovered in the north of Finland and is the oldest wood plant in all of Europe. The researchers estimated his age at 1647. Previously, the oldest wood plant in Europe was considered the Bosnian pine, found in southern Italy, with an estimated age of 1230.
In the north of Finland, four more bushes were discovered, alive and dried, over 1000 years old. Two other live bushes, about 1000 years old, were identified in northern Sweden.
The third location in the ranking of regions where secular juniors grow is the Polar Urals in Russia.
Here, in 1999, an 840 -year -old juniper was found at that time.
In our territories, the longest plant is the larch in Kayander, found in Yakutia, being 945 years old. This is a living copy, and among the dried trunks of the larch were identified and specimens that were over 1000 years old.
