Alerce Milenario[1] (Spanish: "Millennial Alerce" or "Millennial Larch") or Gran Abuelo,[2] also known in English as Great-Grandfather,[3] is the largest tree in Chile's Alerce Costero National Park.[1] While it has been on the list of oldest trees, this Alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides) is now rivalling others to be possibly the oldest tree in the world.[3][4][2]
Jonathan Barichivich and Antonio Lara, of the Austral University of Chile, bored a partial hole into the tree as far as possible without damaging it. They used an increment borer—a T-shaped drill to excise a narrow cylinder of wood without harming the tree.[citation needed]
^ abThomson, Jessica (25 May 2022). "The oldest tree in the world might have been found in Chile, and it's dying". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
^ ab "Great Grandfather – 5,484-Year-Old Patagonian Cypress Could Be World's Oldest Tree". Oddity Central. 30 May 2022.
^ abJohn Bartlett (26 May 2022). "Ancient cypress in Chile may be the world's oldest tree, a new study suggests". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
^Sumedha Tripathi (27 May 2022). "World's Oldest Tree Called 'Great-Grandfather' Found In Chile, Is More Than 5000 Years Old! :O". indiatimes.com. IndiaTimes. Reuters. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
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