‘World’s heaviest organism’ that weighs over 6,000 tonnes
The vast life form has reproduced over the landscape asexually, and scientists believe it could date back to the last Ice Age ...
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Case Study: The Glorious, Golden, and Gigantic Quaking Aspen
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 ...
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Oldest living thing on Earth found in this forest: 80,000 years old and still growing
Discover Pando, the oldest 80,000-years organism in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, facing environmental challenges but ...
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5 Types of Aspen Trees
They can look and grow very similarly. Let’s look at all six types of Aspen trees: The quaking aspen is the most widespread aspen in North America. Its bark is smooth and white, and its leaves ...
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Pando: The world's largest tree and heaviest living organism
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 ...
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The largest organism in the world is being eaten alive
Known as Pando, the organism is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones. From the outside, it looks like a massive woodland of several individual trees. In reality, Pando is made up of 47,000 ...
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Tremendous trees
The Pando is a group of interconnected quaking aspen in Fishlake National Forest in Utah. It's a huge colony with a connected root system, spanning 106 acres, weighing 6,000 metric tons and is ...