"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

I hope the acorns and young oaks in California will be able to grow to mature age. I am afraid that as the mature ones die off, the young ones are not going to make it to 200-400 years old. There is a huge gap in the age distribution of the oaks here :(