This family of sycamores (Platanus racemosa) is among the largest Sycamore Alluvial Woodlands in the Sierra Nevada ecoregion and one of 17 stands over 10 acres remaining on the planet. Located on Dry Creek (Tulare County, California), it is connected by a common root ball. Rarely exposed, some root balls measure 15 feet in diameter and have been pushing new stems for centuries. Some stems here are three to four hundred years old—alive, perhaps when Sir Francis Drake claimed California for Spain. Imagine how old the root balls must be!
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