Pando is an amazing paradox—a massive grove of quaking aspen expressed in a multitude of colorful trunks but all part of the same single tree and root system.  As author Paul Rogers writes: "What you see here is a microcosm in aspen aesthetic and ecology—white, yellow, blue; pseudo-sibling trees joined as one:  a triple replications in DNA—lends dimension to Pando's autumn repose." Photo by Lance Oditt
Pando is an amazing paradox—a massive grove of quaking aspen expressed in a multitude of colorful trunks but all part of the same single tree and root system. As author Paul Rogers writes: "What you see here is a microcosm in aspen aesthetic and ecology—white, yellow, blue; pseudo-sibling trees joined as one: a triple replications in DNA—lends dimension to Pando's autumn repose." Photo by Lance Oditt