Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Old Tjikko is a 9,550-year-old Norway Spruce, located on Fulufjället Mountain of Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the \"world's oldest tree\", however, this is inaccurate, as only clonal trees, and not individual trees, are known to live this long. Though there are older clonal trees, Old Tjikko is recognized as the oldest living clonal Norway Spruce.The age of the tree was determined by carbon dating of genetically matched plant material collected from under the tree, as dendrochronology would cause damage. The trunk itself is estimated to be only a few hundred years old, but the plant has survived for much longer due to a process known as layering (when a branch comes in contact with the ground, it sprouts a new root), or vegetative cloning (when the trunk dies but the root system is still alive, it may sprout a new trunk)."@en }
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- Old_Tjikko abstract "Old Tjikko is a 9,550-year-old Norway Spruce, located on Fulufjället Mountain of Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the \"world's oldest tree\", however, this is inaccurate, as only clonal trees, and not individual trees, are known to live this long. Though there are older clonal trees, Old Tjikko is recognized as the oldest living clonal Norway Spruce.The age of the tree was determined by carbon dating of genetically matched plant material collected from under the tree, as dendrochronology would cause damage. The trunk itself is estimated to be only a few hundred years old, but the plant has survived for much longer due to a process known as layering (when a branch comes in contact with the ground, it sprouts a new root), or vegetative cloning (when the trunk dies but the root system is still alive, it may sprout a new trunk).".