Editing Clonal colony (section)

==Methods of establishment==
With most [[woody plant]]s, clonal colonies arise by wide-ranging [[root]]s that at intervals send up new [[Shoot (botany)|shoot]]s, termed [[basal shoot|suckers]].  [[Tree]]s and [[shrub]]s with [[branch]]es that may tend to bend and rest on the ground, or which possess the ability to form [[aerial root]]s can form colonies via [[layering]], or aerial rooting, e. g. [[willow]], [[blackberry]], [[Ficus|fig]], and [[banyan]]. Some [[vine]]s naturally form [[adventitious]] roots on their [[plant stem|stems]] that take root in the soil when the stems contact the ground, e.g. [[Hedera|ivy]] and [[trumpet vine]]. With other vines, rooting of the stem where nodes come into contact with soil may establish a clonal colony, e.g. [[Wisteria]]. [[Fern]]s and many [[herbaceous]] [[flowering plant]]s often form clonal colonies via horizontal underground stems termed [[rhizome]]s, e.g. ostrich fern ''[[Matteuccia struthiopteris]]'' and [[goldenrod]]. A number of herbaceous flowering plants form clonal colonies via horizontal surface stems termed [[stolon]]s, or runners; e.g. [[strawberry]] and many [[grass]]es. Non-woody plants with underground [[storage organ]]s such as [[bulb]]s and [[corm]]s can also form colonies, e.g. ''[[Narcissus (genus)|Narcissus]]'' and ''[[Crocus]]''.  A few plant species can form colonies via adventitious [[plantlet]]s that form on leaves, e.g. ''[[Kalanchoe daigremontiana]]'' and ''[[Tolmiea menziesii]]''. A few plant species can form colonies via asexual seeds, termed [[apomixis]], e.g. [[dandelion]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}