Jurupa Oak

Jurupa Oak / Palmer's oak (on the right is tagged #1)

The Jurupa Oak is a clonal colony of Quercus palmeri (Palmer's oak) trees in the Jurupa Mountains in Crestmore Heights, Riverside County, California. The colony has survived an estimated 13,000 years through clonal reproduction,[1][2][3] making it one of the world's oldest living trees.[3]

The colony only grows after wildfires, when its burned branches sprout new shoots.[1] It is the only one of its species in the surrounding area, which is a much drier climate and lower altitude than that in which Palmer's oaks typically grow.[1] The oak has roughly 70 clusters of stems in a thicket which measures 25x8 metres in area and one metre in height.[3]

The colony is located within a few miles of 34.033°N, 117.391°W at an elevation of approximately 1200 feet.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yong, Ed (December 26, 2009). "The 13,000 Year Old Tree That Survives By Cloning Itself". National Geographic. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ The World's Oldest Plant -Alive at the Last Ice Age, The Daily Galaxy, November 29, 2010
  3. 1 2 3 4 May, Michael R.; Provance, Mitchell C.; Sanders, Andrew C.; Ellstrand, Norman C.; Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey (December 23, 2009). "A Pleistocene Clone of Palmer's Oak Persisting in Southern California". PLOS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008346. Retrieved 14 December 2017.


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