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 ...

Pando is not just a tree but an entire phenomenon. Its 47,000 genetically identical stems, which appear like individual trees, are all connected by a single, vast underground root system.

is more than simply a single tree. Pando, which is said to be about 80,000 years old, covers more than 106 acres and shares a single, enormous underground root system. Technically, it is a single ...