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 ...

Populus tremuloides, the quaking aspen of the North American continent, stands as one of the most easily recognized, most beautiful and most admired of all tree species. In order to help ...

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 ...

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 ...