The largest weed colony of plants descended from a common ancestor (a clonal growth, covering 99 acres , was found by botanist Harvey A. Ward, who discovered the field of Gaylussacia brachycera (box huckleberry) "near Losh's Run, Perry County, Pennsylvania" Rhodora, Journal of the New England Botanical Club (October, 1920) p167 "Largest Weed Colony", GuinnessWorldRecords.com "Pennsylvania’s Oldest Citizen", by Nathan D. McMillen, The Pennsylvania Center for the Book (Fall 2010)