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 ...

While it is not one of the tallest, Pando is the world's largest tree and one of the oldest living organisms, which is one of the reasons it is so fascinating and worth seeing in person. The clonal ...

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 ... they stick to sending up new shoots from the mass of roots under the grove. Pando has survived this way for a long time, but scientists are ...

The tree has been fragmented and looks like two separate trees, but the root system below the ground ... nearby that was over 5,000 years old. The Pando is a group of interconnected quaking ...