Loaʻa i nā lāʻau āpau kahi ola ʻokoʻa. Ma ka awelika, ola nā ʻoka no 800 mau makahiki, paina no 600 mau makahiki, larch no 400, ʻāpala no 200, rowan no 80, a me ka quince ma kahi o 50 mau makahiki. Ma waena o nā livers lōʻihi e kapa ʻia ʻo yew a me ka paukū - 3000 mau makahiki i kēlā me kēia, baobab a me sequoia - 5000 mau makahiki. He aha ka lāʻau kahiko loa ma ka Honua? A ʻehia ona makahiki?
Laau Methuselah
ʻO ka lāʻau ola mua loa i helu ʻia i ka Guinness Book of Records ka pine Methuselah, no ka lāhui Pinus longaeva (intermountain bristlecone pine). I ka manawa o 2017, kona makahiki he 4846 mau makahiki. No ka ʻike ʻana i ka pine, pono ʻoe e kipa i ka Inio National Forest ma Kaleponi (ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika), no ka mea, ulu ka lāʻau kahiko ma kā mākou honua ma laila.
Ua loaʻa ka lāʻau kahiko loa ma 1953. No ka botanist Edmund Schulman ka ʻike. I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o kona loaʻa ʻana i kahi lāʻau paina, ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi ʻatikala e pili ana i ia mea a paʻi ʻia i loko o ka puke pai kaulana ʻo National Geographic. Ua kapa ʻia kēia kumulāʻau ma hope o ka meʻe Baibala ʻo Methuselah, he ate lōʻihi ia a ua ola ʻo ia i 969 mau makahiki.
No ka ʻike ʻana i nā kumulāʻau kahiko loa o ko mākou honua, pono ʻoe e hele wāwae i nā mauna Keʻokeʻo, aia ma kahi o 3.5-4 mau hola mai Los Angeles. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka wāwae o ke kuahiwi e ke kaʻa, pono ʻoe e piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 3000 mau mika. ʻO ka Methuselah Pine, kahi lāʻau kūloko ʻole ʻia, ulu kiʻekiʻe i nā kuahiwi a ʻaʻole maʻalahi e kiʻi no ka mea ʻaʻohe ala hele wāwae. Me nā kumulāʻau ʻē aʻe, ulu ʻo Methuselah ma ka Wao nahele o nā pine kahiko, mau makahiki wale nō ma mua ona. Hōʻike kēia mau pine a pau i ka mau loa, no ka mea ua ʻike lākou i nā hanana o ka mōʻaukala he nui.
Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻole i ʻike ka lehulehu i nā kaulike pololei o ka lāʻau kahiko loa ma ka honua. ʻAʻole lākou i hōʻike ʻia e mālama i ka mea kanu. Ke ʻike ka poʻe āpau i kahi, e hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hele nui i ka nahele, kiʻi i nā kiʻi me ke kumu o Methuselah, waiho ʻōpala ma hope, hoʻoponopono i ka vandalism, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka luku ʻia o ke kaiaola a me ka make o nā mea kanu kahiko loa o ka Honua. Ma kēia mea, koe wale nō ka nānā ʻana i nā kiʻi i kau ʻia ma nā paʻi like ʻole a me ka Pūnaewele e ka poʻe i ʻike maka i ka pine pine me ko lākou mau maka ponoʻī a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā kiʻi. Hiki iā mākou ke koho wale i ka mea i hāʻawi i ka lōʻihi o ka lāʻau, no ka mea, ʻo ka lōʻihi o nā pine i 400 mau makahiki.
