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HighCountryImages In reply to TRunna [2013-10-17 15:51:06 +0000 UTC]

That's right, Colorado aspen (although they do look like truffula trees in this shot).

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TRunna In reply to HighCountryImages [2013-10-18 01:34:04 +0000 UTC]

Did you know all those trees are a single plant?  Amazing tree, the aspen.  The largest single organism on the planet is an aspen grove somewhere in Utah that covers 106 acres.  

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HighCountryImages In reply to TRunna [2013-10-18 03:31:07 +0000 UTC]

I knew they're the biggest organism, but didn't know about the actual site - very interesting. The powder on the bark makes a decent emergency sunscreen.

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TRunna In reply to HighCountryImages [2013-10-21 02:06:51 +0000 UTC]

Did not know that about the sunscreen.  The largest grove here in WA State is about 45 miles east of where I live...but it is only 6 acres.

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ReneDussault In reply to TRunna [2013-10-25 08:43:12 +0000 UTC]

I heard the biggest organism is a Armillaria Ostoyae in Oregon (A big underground fungus) that is 2,384 acres o.O Either way, I did not know that aspen trees were one big organism! Very cool indeed.

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