At the ripe old age of 4,800, Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine, may just be the world’s oldest living thing. What’s its secret? The bristlecone’s dense, hardwood is nearly impenetrable for insects and fungi, so there’s no chance of rotting. And the inhospitable mountaintops it lives on to scare away wimpier plants that would compete for resources.
So where can you see Methuselah? You can’t. Its exact location in California’s Inyo National Forest is kept the secret to keep vandals at bay. In other words, Methuselah’s been placed in the forestry equivalent of the witness protection program!
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