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I guess I was mistaken, or I missed it, I thought the ginko tree was among those of extremely long life.

We have a small specimen at our place, but I don't expect to be harvesting it in my lifetime…
 
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I've seen one of these in person, the General Sherman. The picture is deceptive, because it's surrounded by equally large trees; the lowest branches are some 200 feet above the ground.
 
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> for those of you interested in trees as well as lumber…

Hey, that's me! Thanks for the list, Hokie. Those are incredible! I kinda want to go around and see all of these old beasts one day, thought it would be a very expensive, and perhaps dangerous trip!
 
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Wow, what incredible trees. I've always been curious very very old specimens on earth both living and non-living. Thank you so much for sharing.
 
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I got to walk around the General Sherman when I was 13 (yes, a LONG time ago!). The trees were so stupendous I was completely blown away. Compared to the General Sherman, all we have on the East Coast are bushes.

jusfine, I was under the vague impression that the ginko species is one of the oldest species; I'm not sure how long the individual trees live.
 
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