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| The Trembling Giant or Pando is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen tree. The quaking aspen got its name because of the way its leaves tremble in even the slightest breeze. French Canadian woodsmen believed that the trees quaked in fear because the cross on which Jesus was crucified was made of aspen. In Latin Pando stands for I spread. Pando is a part of a single living organism by identical genetic markers and one big underground root system, which is claimed to be among the oldest known living organisms in existence at 80,000 years of age. |
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