Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) with 47,000 genetically identical stems, or tree trunks, connected to a vast underground root system. Each stem is a clone of the one ...

There are other threats to any ecosystem, and that holds true for Pando and aspen itself. Aspen trees are easily infected with a whole bunch of pathogens and insect attacks and so on. Fires near ...

Every tree in Pando is genetically identical, sharing DNA from a root system that has been growing and regenerating for tens of thousands of years beneath the forest floor. Named after the Latin ...

Think of a tree and what comes to mind probably ... The most famous example of a clonal grove is Pando, a grove of quaking aspen in Utah's Fishlake National Forest. Its name means "I spread ...

It may be un-tree-leaf-able ... pine nearby that was over 5,000 years old. The Pando is a group of interconnected quaking aspen in Fishlake National Forest in Utah. It's a huge colony with ...