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Scientists believe this tree is over 9,000 years old!

The trunk of this Norway Spruce found on a Swedish mountaintop in 2004 is less than 600 years old, but its root system is believed to be 9,550 years old.

Leif Kullman at Umeå University's Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, © 1996-2008 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.