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Originally Posted by jswinden
What? You lost me with that information. The Treaty Oak is in Austin, TX, not on an island. And it is estimated to be around the same age at 600 years. Perhaps you are discussing another tree and I somehow missed that bit. Both trees likely predate any European exploration and settlement in the USA, although the Vikings apparently had briefly explored NE Canada in a limited way around 1000 CE. So both trees were sprouted (?) during a period of North American history when the native peoples were essentially still stone age hunter gatherers. Europe and Asia and Africa had long since moved into a modern era, but not North America. Not that any of that matters, but it is kind of cool to think that those trees have lived that long.
There are redwood trees along the Pacific coast that are three times older though.
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The Big Tree at Goose Island is over 1000 years old.
And there is a tree older than that in Brazoria County.
So we were talking about 2 different OLD trees in Texas.