Now that is an old tree

Here in the Southwestern USA, we have some interesting native species. One of them is called the Alligator Juniper because it grows a bark with scales like an alligator hide.
Alligator juniper trees (Juniperus deppeana) grow very slowly, typically increasing in diameter by just (0.6) inches per decade for their first 170 years, and slowing to (0.4) inches per decade thereafter.
We recently went to visit a friend nearby and she took us to see the grandmother of probably every alligator juniper on her 40-acre parcel.
We figured this tree is around 1500 years old.

Thanks for sharing! I love gnarled, sprawling, ancient trees. There's something greater than the sum of their parts there.  They're not just bigger, with wider trunks and branch spread.  They have gravitas and personality thrown in.  Maybe you can just feel their age.

Thanks for sharing, that tree is huge.

Is there only a small amount active?