I am sure there are many local ledgends concerning very old plants.
In New Bloomfield, PA in the heart of Perry County is a Box
Huckleberry plant that is estimated to be over 13,000 years old and a
survivor of the ice age. This plant propigates by sending out runners
underground. The age is estimated by the area that the plant covers.
This one plant is now about 1/4 mile in diameter. I am not schooled
enough in Botany to evaluate the validity of the information. The
article cited below quotes the opinions of several of acedemics and
the plant is officially recognized by PA .

Any comments from serious botanists would be interesting.and welcome.

See
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deput...able082099.htm

Aaron


On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:53:23 -0500, "Routerider"
wrote:

Does anyone know how old this bush is? The article states that the bush
will be dated but it only states the approximated age.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/s...ientshrub.html

Thanks for any help!