The world's largest organism, which is found in the Wasatch Mountains of the western United States, is slowly 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 genetically identical stems, all of which are connected to a singular root network. This organism provides an entire ecosystem for the area. Pando is protected by the US National Forest service. That means it isn’t in danger of being cut down. It is, however, starting to disappear due to a number of other factors.
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