Really neat tree…

by | Aug 11, 2014 | Journal | 6 comments

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-oldest-tree/story-e6frg8h6-1226130673929?nk=ffe43e03626975b9f0a4a42a24f1320c

6 Comments

  1. CJ
    CJ on August 11, 2014 at 9:42 am

    To get the picture, click picture instead of video.

  2. selden
    selden on August 11, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    FWIW, the tree was shown during one of the segments of the Nova series “Australia: First 4 Billion Years” which concluded last week.

    (I watched it in between “Penn and Teller” on CW and “Extant” on CBS.)

  3. Teasel
    Teasel on August 11, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    Reminds me of the Wollemi “Pine”. Its lucky that Australia still has spots remote enough for primeval trees to hold out. [I don’t think they’ve publicly revealed the exact site of the original Wollemi grove even yet. The preservation strategy has been to massively propagate and distribute little ones] Rare trees in more accessible places tend to be vandalized or cut down.

    • joekc6nlx
      joekc6nlx on August 11, 2014 at 3:13 pm

      Maybe we should surround those rare trees with land mines???? It would tend to weed out the portion of the population that are hell-bent on destroying whatever they feel like…….

      • chondrite
        chondrite on August 11, 2014 at 8:44 pm

        Only if you can figure out how to make allowances for scientific study and (heaven forbid) firefighters, should the need arise.

        One very much approves of distributing seeds of rare plants far and wide, for posterity.

  4. kerryk
    kerryk on August 12, 2014 at 9:47 am

    I wonder if this was the basis for the Crystal Dragon by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller?

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