8.7K reactions · 878 shares | Pando is the largest tree in the world. Beneath this “forest” in Utah lies a root system that connects every single one of its 47,000 genetically identical “trees.” In other words, it’s not a forest at all—it’s one massive clonal organism. Venture to Utah’s Fishlake National Forest to get acquainted with Pando, the largest tree in the world. | Atlas Obscura | Facebook

Pando: el organismo más grande y antiguo del planeta En 1976, un descubrimiento en Utah cambió lo que sabíamos sobre los organismos vivos. A simple vista parece un grupo de árboles. Pero todos los troncos están conectados bajo tierra. No son individuos: son extensiones de un mismo ser. #curiosidades #SabiasQue #naturaleza #pando | Kingxity TV

If you’ve walked through an aspen grove, then you’ve met a clone. Let us explain. The Pando Aspen Clone on the Fishlake National Forest is the world’s largest, most dense organism to ever exist. Weighing in at 13 million pounds, the collective root system of these 40,000 aspen trees is believed to have been born from a single seed at the end of the last ice age (about 2.6 million years ago!) One aspen tree is only a small part of a larger organism. A stand or group of aspen trees is considered a

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