Here is what you need to know about this superlative organism and how groups are trying to save it: Pando, Latin for “I spread,” is a quaking aspen clonal colony located in Utah’s Fishlake ...

This asexual process is called suckering. Clonal structure of a large stand of aspen can be detected by noticing differences in bark color, variation in the angle that branches join the trunk, leaf ...

Each clonal aspen stand is a single being. A single aspen clone often covers less than an acre, but sometimes more—even much more. Sometimes a tree is its own forest. In south-central Utah ...

T his is Pando, "the Trembling Giant," an astonishing clonal colony of quaking aspen trees located in Utah's Fishlake National Forest. Spanning about 106 acres and consisting of over 47,000 ...

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Quaking aspen also tends to be a disturbed habitat species, meaning it often lives where avalanches, mudslides and fires occur frequently. So both the regenerative capability and the clonal ...

The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pando ...

By mass, it is the largest single organism on Earth. Aspen trees do tend to form clonal stands elsewhere, but what makes Pando interesting is its enormous size. Most clonal aspen stands in North ...

Remember that aspen roots thrust up numerous shoots or stems that look like individual trees but are parts of a single clonal individual. Separate clones can be distinguished with characters such as ...

The devil, he argues, is in the details. While Poseidon’s Ribbon Weed is a clonal species, the plant is not interconnected as Aspen groves are. Aspen groves are not made of multiple plants ...

READ MORE: There aren’t enough trees in the world to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be Aspen trees do tend to form clonal stands elsewhere, but what makes Pando ...