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Old Canadian Trees
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A list of some of the oldest verified trees in Canada |
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| British Columbia |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis
nootkatensis) |
wedge |
1585 |
Eve River, BC |
crossdated |
UVTRL |
| Trembling Aspen (Populus
tremuloides) |
? |
157 |
Fort Nelson, BC |
Kabzems and Garcia (2004) CJFR, 34:384 |
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| Gary oak (Quercus
garryana) |
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| Alpine larch (Larix
lyallii) |
core? |
838 |
Gray Creek Pass, BC |
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| Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
menziesii [ var. menziesii]) |
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Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta [var. latifolia]) |
core |
380 |
Brown Bear FSR, BC (Northwestern BC) |
crossdated, cored in 2004 at 0.3 m height |
cwelsh@NRCan.gc.ca |
| Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta [var. latifolia]) |
Living core |
497 |
Sweeny, BC (53 28'N - 127
10'W) |
luckman@uwo.ca |
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| White Spruce (Picea
glauca) |
Living core |
433 |
Cassiar (59.2N - 129.83 W) |
cored in 2002 |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Alberta |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
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Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta [var.
latifolia]) |
DBH core |
272 |
Whirlpool River |
MAD Lab #06BAL614a |
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| Whitebark pine (Pinus
albicaulis) |
core? |
1060 |
Saskatchewan glacier |
Saskatchewan2 (Youngblut, 1999) |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Alpine larch (Larix
lyallii) |
core? | 734 | Banff, Storm Mtn. |
Larch Valley3 M. Colenutt, (pers. comm.) |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Limber pine (Pinus
flexis) |
core? |
826 | Kootney Plains |
Kootenay Plains4 Rr. Case, (pers. comm.) |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Engelmann spruce (Picea
engelmannii) |
core? |
761 |
Peyto Lake |
Peyto5 (Reynolds, 1992) |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
menziesii [ var. glauca]) |
Living core | 691 |
Banff |
Cored 1996 - Powerhouse site -
Banff6 (Watson and Luckman Holocene 11203-2113) |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Saskatchewan |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Manitoba |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Trembling Aspen (Populus
tremuloides) |
core? |
164 |
Site 630-40, MB |
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j.tardif@uwinnipeg.ca |
| Ontario |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| White cedar (Thuja
occidentalis) |
? |
1627 |
Niagra Escarpment |
? |
tmaerten@uoguelph.ca |
| Quebec |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Trembling aspen (Populus
tremuloides) |
core |
174 |
Lake Duparquet |
(sample # i77 and #i127) cored in 1996: still living
2004 |
chaire_afd@uqam.ca |
| New Brunswick |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Red spruce (Picea rubens)
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Living core |
445 |
Fundy Coast |
DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| Black spruce (Picea mariana)
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Snag |
259 |
Central, NB |
DBH aged, crossdated |
S.Taylor@UNB.ca |
| White pine (Pinus
strobus) |
Living core |
324 |
Tetagouche River, NB |
MAD Lab #07BRL421a DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| Red pine (Pinus
resinosa) |
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| Jack pine (Pinus
banksiana) |
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| Eastern hemlock (Tsuga
canadensis) |
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| White cedar (Thuja
occidentalis) |
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| Yellow birch (Betula
alleghaniensis) |
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| White birch (Betula
papyrifera) |
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| Larch/Tamarack (Larix
larcina) |
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| Prince Edward Island |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Larch/Tamarack (Larix larcina) |
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MAD Lab |
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| Red spruce (Picea rubens)
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Living |
125 |
MAD Lab #07XL901b, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
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| Black spruce (Picea mariana) |
Living |
129 |
MAD Lab #07XL106b, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
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| Balsam fir (Abies
balsamea) |
Living |
131 |
MAD Lab #07XL319a, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
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| White cedar (Thuja
occidentalis) |
Living |
90 |
MAD Lab #07AAL604a, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
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| Eastern hemlock (Tsuga
canadensis) |
Living |
148 |
MAD Lab #07XL817b, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
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| White pine (Pinus
strobus) |
Living |
128 |
MAD Lab #07XL411b, |
MAD Lab |
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| Red Oak (Quercus
rubra) |
stump |
126 |
East Royalty |
Butt sample |
MAD Lab |
| Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) |
stump |
311 |
Belfast |
MAD Lab #06AA002 DBH aged, crossdated |
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| Nova Scotia |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Eastern hemlock (Tsuga
canadensis) |
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| Eastern hemlock (Tsuga
canadensis) |
Living, core |
440 |
Cape Breton (French River
Wilderness Area) |
Mad Lab #07AIL808a, cored in
2007, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| White cedar (Thuja
occidentalis) |
Living, core |
266 |
Cedarwood Lake, NS |
Mad Lab #07AUL600 cored in 2007, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| Newfoundland |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Black Spruce (Picea
mariana) |
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| White Spruce (Picea
glauca) |
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| Balsam fir (Abies
balsamea) |
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| Labrador |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Black Spruce (Picea
mariana) |
Living |
287 |
Smallwood resovoir |
Mad Lab #07BWL105a, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| White Spruce (Picea
glauca) |
Living |
364 |
Churchill River |
MAD Lab #07CGL213a, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| Balsam fir (Abies
balsamea) |
Living |
195 |
George's Lake (Red WineMountains) |
Mad Lab 07BXL320a, DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| Larch/Tamarack (Larix
larcina) |
Living |
280 |
Petit Lac aux Sauterelles |
Mad Lab 7CEL701a,
DBH aged, crossdated |
MAD Lab |
| Yukon |
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| Species | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Source |
| Trembling Aspen (Populus
tremuloides) |
? |
153 |
Whitehorse, YT |
Hogg and Wein (2005) CJFR 35:2141 |
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| White Spruce (Picea
glauca) |
Living |
600 |
Sandpit (61.32N - 137.00 W) |
Cored in 1999 |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| White Spruce (Picea
glauca) |
Snag |
668 |
Landslide site, Kluane (61 2'N -
138 30'W) |
Crossdated to 1129-1796 |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa ) | Living Core |
507 |
Sa-nah-dene mine ("Julian" site -
60 31' 30"N - 128 50' 40" W)) |
Cored in 2003 |
luckman@uwo.ca |
| Northwest Territories |
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| Nunavut |
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Maintained by claroque
Nov. 27, 2007
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