The oldest dated tree of Europe lives in the wild Pollino massif: Italus, a strip-bark Heldreich's pine

Affiliations

• ¹ DendrologyLab, Department of Agriculture and Forestry Science (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Via SC de Lellis, 01100, Viterbo, Italy.
• ² DendroLab, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Mail Stop 186, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada, 89557, USA.
• ³ CEDAD (Centro di Datazione e Diagnostica), Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "Ennio De Girgi", Università del Salento, Via per Arnesano, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
• ⁴ Pollino National Park, Complesso monumentale Santa Maria della Consolazione, 85048, Rotonda (PZ), Italy.