Prometheus (tree) - Wikipedia
Prometheus (WPN-114) was a living member of a population of bristlecone pine trees near the tree line on the lateral moraine of a former glacier on Wheeler Peak, in Great Basin National Park, eastern Nevada.
The Prometheus Story - U.S. National Park Service
2021年1月5日 · Currey found a tree in this grove he believed to be well over 4,000 years old. This tree was known by local mountaineers as Prometheus. There are several accounts of how Prometheus met its end. Some say Currey's increment borer, the tool used to take core samples, broke off in the tree.
How One Researcher Accidentally Killed One of the Oldest Trees …
2024年9月30日 · Now known as Prometheus, the doomed tree was a Great Basin bristlecone pine located on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada. When the deed was done, Currey brought a sample back to his hotel...
Why a scientist cut down ‘the oldest living tree’
2017年1月12日 · On the mountain’s flanks are ancient bristlecone pines, among the oldest living trees on earth, and it was an incident that occurred in this grove — the cutting down of a bristlecone called the...
Prometheus Tree Stump – Baker, Nevada - Atlas Obscura
2014年7月11日 · Discover Prometheus Tree Stump in Baker, Nevada: This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Follow-up: More tales of the Prometheus tree and how it died
2015年2月28日 · Entertainment & Arts. Follow-up: More tales of the Prometheus tree and how it died. L.A. artist Jeff Weiss commemorated the 50th anniversary of the cutting down of the 5,000-year-old bristlecone...
Prometheus (tree) - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
Prometheus (recorded as WPN-114) was the oldest known non-clonal organism, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing near the tree line on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, United States.
World’s Oldest Tree Cut Down, Accidentally (1964)
2024年8月7日 · A second positive is that the loss of WPN-114, or Prometheus, caused a national controversy as the news of its cutting became known. The tree lived in Humboldt National Forest, on the Utah-Nevada border where Wheeler Peak, the second-highest mountain in Nevada rises to over 13,000 feet.
Tree, Age, Range, Facts, Oldest, & Lifespan - Britannica
A stand of these pines on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada is known to contain several trees over 3,000 years old and was the site of the Prometheus tree, which was cut down and dated to be just under 5,000 years old.
Read My Rings: The Oldest Living Tree Tells All
2012年11月13日 · An unassuming stump is all that remains of the Prometheus tree, the world’s oldest non-clonal organism. To this day, Prometheus still holds the count for the most rings of any tree, at 4,862. The next oldest tree, called Methuselah, was identified by Edward Schulman in the 1950s and is still alive today.