Maximum ages for some seed plants

maximum age in years

plant estimated verified locale of verified specimen

Conifers

common juniper (Juniperus communis) 2,000 544 Kola Peninsula, northeastern Russia

Norway spruce (Picea abies) 1,200 350–400 Eichstätt, Bavaria

European larch (Larix decidua) 700 417 Riffel Alp, Switz.

Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) 584

Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra) 1,200 750 Riffel Alp, Switz.

white pine (Pinus strobus) 400–450

bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) 4,900 Wheeler Peak, Humboldt National Forest, Nevada

Sierra redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 4,000 2,200–2,300 Northern California

Flowering plants

Monocots

dragon tree

(Dracaena draco) 200* Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands

Solomon's-seal

(Polygonatum) 17**

Dicots

dwarf birch

(Betula nana) 80 Eastern Greenland

European beech

(Fagus sylvatica) 900 250 Montigny, Normandy, France

English oak

(Quercus robur) 2,000 1,500 Hasbruch Forest, Lower Saxony

Bo tree

(Ficus religiosa) 2,000–3,000*** Buddh Gaya, India; Anuradhapura, Ceylon

linden

(Tilia) 815 Lithuania

English ivy

(Hedera helix) 440 Ginac, near Montpellier, France

*Exaggerated estimates for this historic specimen reach 6,000 years.

**Scars on root-stock counted.

***According to Buddhist and Roman history.