Duk bishiyoyi suna da tsawon rayuwa. A matsakaita, itacen oak yana rayuwa tsawon shekaru 800, pine na shekaru 600, larch na 400, apple na 200, toka 80 na shekaru, da kuma quince na kimanin shekaru 50. Daga cikin masu dogon rai ya kamata a kira yew da cypress - shekaru 3000 kowannensu, baobab da sequoia - shekaru 5000. Mene ne mafi tsufa a duniya? Kuma shekarunsa nawa?
Itacen Methuselah
Mafi tsufa itace mai rai da aka jera a cikin Guinness Book of Records shine itacen Methuselah, yana cikin nau'in Pinus longaeva (intermountain bristlecone pine). A lokacin 2017, shekarun ta 4846 ne. Don ganin pine, kuna buƙatar ziyarci Inio National Forest a California (Amurka ta Amurka), saboda itacen da ya fi tsufa a duniyarmu yana girma a can.
An samo itace mafi tsufa a cikin 1953. Abun ganowa na masanin ilimin tsirrai Edmund Schulman ne. Bayan 'yan shekaru bayan ya sami itacen pine, sai ya yi wani rubutu game da shi kuma ya buga shi a cikin shahararriyar mujallar National Geographic ta duniya. Wannan itaciya an sanya mata sunan gwarzo ne na Baibul Methuselah, wanda ya kasance mai dogon hanta kuma ya rayu tsawon shekaru 969.
Don ganin tsofaffin bishiyoyi a duniyarmu, kuna buƙatar yin yawo a cikin White Mountains, waɗanda suke awanni 3.5-4 daga Los Angeles. Bayan isa dutsen da mota, kuna buƙatar hawa zuwa tsawan kusan mita 3000. Itacen Methuselah Pine, mutum ne wanda ba shi da launi, yana girma a kan duwatsu kuma ba shi da sauƙi a isa saboda babu wata hanyar tafiya. Tare da sauran bishiyoyi, Methuselah yana girma a cikin Dajin dadadden bishiyun dabino, waɗanda suka girme shi da onlyan shekaru kaɗan. Duk waɗannan pines suna wakiltar har abada, saboda sun shaida abubuwan tarihi da yawa.
Ya kamata a lura cewa ba yawancin jama'a ke san ainihin daidaitattun bishiyoyi a doron ƙasa ba. Ba a bayyana su don su ci gaba da shuka ba. Da zaran kowa ya san wurin, mutane za su fara zuwa gaba ɗaya zuwa ga gandun daji, su ɗauki hoto tare da asalin Methuselah, su bar shara, su gyara ɓarna, wanda hakan zai haifar da lalata halittu da mutuwar tsoffin shuke-shuke a Duniya. Dangane da wannan, ya rage kawai kallon hotunan da aka sanya su a cikin wallafe-wallafe da dama da Intanet ta mutanen da suka taɓa ganin itacen pine mafi tsufa da idanunsu kuma suka ɗauke shi a hotuna. Abin sani kawai za mu iya yin tunanin abin da ya ba da gudummawa ga dorewar bishiyar, saboda matsakaiciyar tsawon itaciyar itace shekaru 400.
