Tree-Palmer Oak Black TB

I maintain records on my trackables. They have the goal to circulate more than five years and to be moved by at least 25 cachers. That is a target rate of five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. The average drop rate of my trackables in the US is 124 days, in Europe it is 71 days. As of 30-May-24 this trackable had survived for 4.6 years and had been moved by 12 cachers, for an average drop every 141 days, or 2.6 drops per year. Please keep it moving, then drop it in a safe place!

No permission is needed to leave the U.S. While in the U.S., please drop it at an event, in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban, non-premium cache. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean and dry, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

A wooden ring to a tree ring to a tree seems like a logical sequence.  Whatever the case, this TB is one of a series of wooden rings named for famous or unusual trees. 

The Jurupa Oak is a solitary Palmer oak in the Jurupa Mountains near Crestmore Heights, California. The species normally occurs in more moist and montane habitats

The Jurupa representive is a clonal colony that is estimated to be 13,000 years old.  The age was estimated based on the size of the colony and the growth rate of individual stems. In 2009, the tree is made up of 70 clusters of stems, was 2.5 kilometers (1.55 miles) in width, and 1 meter (3.28 feet) in height. The plant produces flowers, but is is only known to reproduce asexually by cloning.