Oldest known living tree in Europe

While doing fieldwork in the Pindos Mountains in Greece, Soumaya, Matt, and Valerie were involved in the sampling of Europe's oldest known living tree: a 1075-year old Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii).  The field expeditions were led by Paul Krusic from Stockholm University and were in collaboration with Jan Esper's group at the University of Mainz.
read more about our discovery here in the Washington Post and CNN has posted a short video.