Difference between revisions of "Talk:2715: Pando"
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According to scientist, this is the largest living organism: https://theconversation.com/meet-the-worlds-largest-plant-a-single-seagrass-clone-stretching-180-km-in-western-australias-shark-bay-184056 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.239.26|162.158.239.26]] 12:58, 23 December 2022 (UTC) | According to scientist, this is the largest living organism: https://theconversation.com/meet-the-worlds-largest-plant-a-single-seagrass-clone-stretching-180-km-in-western-australias-shark-bay-184056 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.239.26|162.158.239.26]] 12:58, 23 December 2022 (UTC) | ||
+ | :It doesn't say organism. | ||
+ | :Sea grass clones split up into separate entities. | ||
+ | :The point about Pando is, it's all connected. | ||
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Mass is around 6 million kg.
Area is 43.6 ha. In SI units, that's 436,000 square metres... but I'd be tempted to say "over 400,000".
c/f https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ingino_Christmas_Tree
I was about to write the following as a first explanation, but by the time I'd drafted it, there already was one. Anyway, here it is,
Pando is a large colony of aspen trees in Utah, USA, which are all natural clones, connected by a root system. It is the largest single living organism by mass, at around 6 million kilograms.
Randall postulates that, if wrapped in fairy lights, it would count as the world's largest Christmas Tree, surpassing others such as Mount Ingino.
162.158.34.75 12:24, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
How do you add pictures? There are some things here which a piture would be great for, but I don't know how. I'll check the manual later if I don't get a reply. SqueakSquawk4 (talk) 12:33, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
According to scientist, this is the largest living organism: https://theconversation.com/meet-the-worlds-largest-plant-a-single-seagrass-clone-stretching-180-km-in-western-australias-shark-bay-184056 162.158.239.26 12:58, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
- It doesn't say organism.
- Sea grass clones split up into separate entities.
- The point about Pando is, it's all connected.
- --162.158.74.21 13:26, 23 December 2022 (UTC)