Scientists Discovered a 2,624-Year-Old Tree in a North Carolina Swamp. Climate Change Could Kill It.
When you buy through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commissioning . Here ’s how it works . A Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grows in North Carolina , and it has been growing there for a recollective , looooooong metre . agree to a new field put out today ( May 9 ) in the journalEnvironmental Research Communications , scientists studying tree ring in North Carolina ’s Black River swamp have key a bald cypress tree ( Taxodium distichum ) that ’s at least 2,624 years old , making it one of theoldestnon - clonal , sexually reproducing treesin the world ....