Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo 'Patriarch' a ʻo ia ka lāʻau kahiko loa ma ʻEulopa a pau, nona nā makahiki he 1.481. ʻO ka mea huna o ke ola ʻana o kēia lāʻau kedera (Juniperus cedrus) he wahi ia, i loko o kahi enclave hiki ʻole ke hiki i ka Teide National Park (Tenerife), kahi i pale ai ʻaʻole wale mai ka lima o ke kanaka, akā mai nā lua pele a hiki i ʻelima. 500 makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka lōʻihi o ke ola o kēia kedera kahiko, ʻoiai ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi 2019 ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o 1.000 mau makahiki, akā ʻaʻole i kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei ka hopena o kahi hoʻokolokolo radiocarbon Spanish i lilo ai i kupuna kāne o nā kumulāʻau. A hiki i kēia manawa, ua manaʻo ʻia kahi pine ma Helene, i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Adonis', ʻo ia ka mea kahiko loa, akā ua ʻike ʻia kēia noiʻi ʻana he 400 mau makahiki o kēia kedera Canarian.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo 'Patriarca' ma kahi reddoubt me nā lāʻau kahiko ʻē aʻe, i ola ʻaʻole wale i ka holo ʻana o ka manawa, akā hāʻule pū kekahi pōhaku, kahi anuanu, maloʻo, a me ka hele ʻana o nā lua pele ʻelima. ʻAʻole hiki ke luku ʻia, ma ka piko o ka pali ma mua o 2.100 mika ma lalo o ka ʻilikai a me ka ʻole o ka ua a me ka lepo.
He wahine maoli ʻo 'Patriarca' a loaʻa mau nā hua ola. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo kēia wahi liʻiliʻi, hiki wale ke kiʻi ʻia me nā ʻenehana piʻi kiʻekiʻe, kahi home o nā mea nani o ke ʻano.
Ua hōʻoia ka poʻe ʻepekema ua nānā wale lākou i kahi hapa liʻiliʻi o nā mea i loko o ia wahi, a ua alakaʻi iā lākou e noʻonoʻo he hoʻomaka wale kēia ʻike a ʻo kēia wahi kekahi o nā hōʻemi nui loa o nā kumulāʻau kahiko ma ka honua.
"Hoʻopuehu ʻia ka hua o nā lāʻau kedera e ka hana a nā manu, no laila ke mālama nei nā mea hoʻohālike e ola ana ma nā wahi ʻoi loa e hoʻihoʻi i nā ululāʻau kedera kahiko o ka paka," wahi a José Luis Martín Esquivel, ka mea kākau kumu o ka hana a me ka mea olaola. Conservator o ka Teide National Park.
Mālama ʻia ka lāʻau kedera 1.481 makahiki i kahi wahi maʻalahi - Fénix Canarias (@FenixCanarias)
