World's oldest juniper shrub discovered in Finland—annual rings suggest it's 1,647 years old

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Feb 27, 2025, 1:21 pm38 pts
Researchers from the University of Padua in Italy found a juniper at Utsjoki in Finnish Lapland, which they analyzed to be 1,647 years old by examining the annual rings. The paper is published in the journal Ecology.

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