Trivia: Where is the world’s oldest known forest?
Russia
United States
South Africa
Venezuela
The correct answer is United States
So why is this answer correct? : It was only in 2009 that scientists uncovered the remnants of an ancient root system just outside Cairo, New York, that hadn’t changed much over the course of 385 million years. The fossilized roots are believed to be part of Archaeopteris, a genus that yielded the first modern tree. Reaching out around 18 feet from their trunks’ bases, the tree roots once dominated forests around the world.