Jurupa Oak

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Jurupa Oak is a clonal colony of Quercus palmeri (Palmer's oak) trees in Riverside County, southern California.The Oak colony has survived an estimated 13,000 years through clonal reproduction, following burning in wildfires. A clonal colony or genet is a group of genetically identical individuals (e. g., plants, fungi, or bacteria) that have grown in a given location, all originating vegetatively (not sexually) from a single ancestor. In plants, an individual in such a population is referred to as a ramet. In fungi, "individuals" typically refers to the visible fruiting bodies or mushrooms that develop from a common mycelium which, although spread over a large area, is otherwise hidden in the soil. Clonal colonies are common in many plant species