Mule Deer and Cattle Threaten 14,000-Year-Old Pando Aspen Clone Across 106 Acres
Mule Deer and Cattle Threaten Pando, 14,000-Year-Old Aspen Clone in UtahThe Pando aspen clone or 'trembling giant', the world's largest organism, is collapsing - ABC NewsA single aspen colony in Utah called Pando covers 106 acres, weighs 6,000 tons, and is genetically one organism connected by a root system that may have been alive for 14,000 yearsThe Pando aspen grove in Utah looks like 47,000 separate trees, but every trunk is a genetically identical clone connected by a single underground root system weighing roughly 6,000 tons, making it