I recently learned that the largest single organism on Earth is a forest of Aspen trees in Utah named Pando. They are all growing from the same root and all trees above the surface are genetically identical. The whole thing is 5 miles across and 100,000 years old.
DropTopEWop on December 9th, 2021 at 14:55 UTC »
I wanna see these in person so bad. Redwoods too.
mountain_view_682 on December 9th, 2021 at 15:28 UTC »
I recently learned that the largest single organism on Earth is a forest of Aspen trees in Utah named Pando. They are all growing from the same root and all trees above the surface are genetically identical. The whole thing is 5 miles across and 100,000 years old.
Spartan2470 on December 9th, 2021 at 15:44 UTC »
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Credit to the photographer, Braedin Toth (braedin on IG). Per that source: