Editing Clonal colony (section)

==Examples==
When woody plants form clonal colonies, they often remain connected through the root system, sharing roots, water and [[plant nutrition|mineral nutrients]]. A few non-vining, woody plants that form clonal colonies are [[Bigelow oak]] (''Quercus sinuata'' var. ''breviloba''),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lance|first=Ron|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNuSw-Zx5hIC&dq=quercus+sinuata+clonal+colony&pg=PA280|title=Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Winter Guide|date=2004|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2524-8|language=en}}</ref> [[quaking aspen]] (''Populus tremuloides''), [[bayberry]] (''Myrica pensylvanica''), [[black locust]] (''Robinia pseudoacacia''), [[creosote bush]] (''Larrea tridentata''), [[Staphylea|bladdernut]], [[blueberry]] (''Vaccinium''), [[devil's club]] (''Oplopanax horridus''), [[forsythia]], [[hazelnut]] (''Corylus''), [[honey locust]] (''Gleditsia triacanthos''), [[Kentucky coffeetree]] (''Gymnocladus dioicus''), [[Kerria (plant)|kerria]] (''Kerria japonica''), [[Asimina triloba|pawpaw]] (''Asimina triloba''), [[Populus|poplar]]s (''Populus''), [[sassafras]] (''Sassafras albidum''), [[sumac]] (''Rhus''), sweetgum (''[[Liquidambar styraciflua]]''), and [[sweetshrub]] (''Calycanthus floridus'').{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}