History Of The Pando Clone
Anyone who tours Utah’s Fishlake National Forest is likely to marvel at its beautiful grove of aspen trees. However, the 47,000 trees in this woodlands area are not individual trees. They share a single root system and even originated from the same seed. As such, they make up the Pando Clone, which scientists believe is the world’s largest living thing.
Pando is a Latin word that means “I spread.” It is an apt name for this gigantic tree system. The Pando Clone expands across 106 acres of land and weighs approximately 13 million pounds. The aspen copies, or clones, itself by shooting long stem-like roots up out of the soil. Each stem turns into a new aspen, though all the trees are connected to each other and all share the same genetic material.
Pando is a Latin word that means “I spread.” It is an apt name for this gigantic tree system. The Pando Clone expands across 106 acres of land and weighs approximately 13 million pounds. The aspen copies, or clones, itself by shooting long stem-like roots up out of the soil. Each stem turns into a new aspen, though all the trees are connected to each other and all share the same genetic material.