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How did I not know about this? All those classes about biology, all those Childcraft books, all that random reading about strange facts, and watching of nature shows about odd animals and plants, why in all of this did NOBODY ever tell me that aspens clone? I remember reading about the clone system that trees have on Sphynx in the Honor Harrington books and thinking it was a very neat alien touch! But it's not all that alien if trees on earth do it! I knew lots of herbacious plants did this, but I had no idea that trees did.
Does the fact that I think it's totally awesome that groves of aspens are often just one aspen cloning itself makes me too much of a geek? But it is! You're standing in the middle of a bunch of trees, but they're all one tree! Like standing in the middle of a bunch of clone troopers. Only trees.
(And it's from Utah! I'm from Utah! I used to live within reasonable driving distance of Pando, and I didn't even know it! Heck, I've been to aspen groves that were probably clone colonies, and I had no idea! Clones!)
How did I not know about this? All those classes about biology, all those Childcraft books, all that random reading about strange facts, and watching of nature shows about odd animals and plants, why in all of this did NOBODY ever tell me that aspens clone? I remember reading about the clone system that trees have on Sphynx in the Honor Harrington books and thinking it was a very neat alien touch! But it's not all that alien if trees on earth do it! I knew lots of herbacious plants did this, but I had no idea that trees did.
Does the fact that I think it's totally awesome that groves of aspens are often just one aspen cloning itself makes me too much of a geek? But it is! You're standing in the middle of a bunch of trees, but they're all one tree! Like standing in the middle of a bunch of clone troopers. Only trees.
(And it's from Utah! I'm from Utah! I used to live within reasonable driving distance of Pando, and I didn't even know it! Heck, I've been to aspen groves that were probably clone colonies, and I had no idea! Clones!)
