For the past few weeks, a single tree more than 2,000 miles away has captivated the attention of this Mount Gallant Elementary School class in Rock Hill. Its name is Pando. Covering 106 acres of ...

Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) with 47,000 genetically identical stems, or tree trunks, connected to a vast underground root system. Each stem is a clone of the one ...