But now our matriarch is fading. After decades of leaning on cables and crutches, experts say the oldest white oak tree in North America is on its last limbs. Local residents can’t believe it.

The tree’s sudden failure to thrive is a mystery. Pastor Jones thinks the reason could simply be old age. White oaks usually live between 200 and 300 years. The Basking Ridge oak has surpassed ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --On Wednesday, a New Jersey community said they were seeking to save piece of the past, as what is believed to be the oldest white ... trees to have lived in the United ...

It takes some coaxing to get a tree to disclose its age. Warren Spinner succeeded with a grand, old oak — which ... Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Old Wolf Oak at Ponca State Park, one of Nebraska’s oldest trees, has died, according to Nebraska Game and Parks. The bur oak ...

The largest white oak tree in Montgomery County long towered ... but it just takes a long time for an old tree like that to finally give up and die.” The tree is expected to be removed in ...

The oak was already old when farmers built a church beside it in 1717. And when the people came and kept coming, a town called Basking Ridge was built around the church that was built beside the tree.

flourishing white oak tree — a “quercus alba” to be exact. The Resilient Oak Tree, thought to be the oldest tree on campus, has lived an estimated 375 to 400 years. Although it has taken a ...

One Florida southern live oak ... oldest living tree is "Methuselah." The tree's exact age is unknown, but experts believe it has been alive for close to 5,000 years, the U.S. Forest Service told ...