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Pando is the world's largest tree

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The World's Largest Tree

Pando is the world's largest tree! Learn about it's discovery and the land it calls home.

Pando: A Tree Without Compare

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How Pando Works

Just how big is Pando? Learn about it's size, age, how it works & more

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Download a PDF of our Pando Guide featuring stories, facts and information found here.

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More Time? Spread Out with our Natural Histories

Pando: Life on The Boundary of Discovery and Imagination

In a high mountain basin in central Utah stands the world’s largest tree, Pando, a quaking aspen clone comprised of over 40,000 stems. Stems which appear to us as individual trees, but in fact, are one part of a genetically identical tree that spreads out over 100 acres via a massive root system. Read our natural history of the Pando Tree. How the tree came to be, how it works, how its survives and the people and land it shares its home with.

Natural History of Pando (10 Min)

A Geologic History of Fishlake, Pando's Home

Utah is internationally recognized for its outstanding geological displays, largely focused on the rocks exposed and preserved in the National parks and monuments in the southeast of the state. Utah is also home to the Pando Tree, the world’s largest tree. This review details the geology and geomorphological literature about Pando's home. By Lorna Campbell (Geoscientist), Edited by Lance Oditt

Read the Geologic History of Fishlake (10 Min)

The History of Land Management in Pando

Pando and the greater Fish Lake Basin where it is found, became part of the Forest Reserve system by presidential proclamation from William McKinley on February 10th, 1899. Pando’s history since that time has, in part, been linked to this connection to what became Fishlake National Forest... By Nick Mustoe District Ranger, Coconino National Forest Former Forester, Fremont District (Fishlake National Forest)

Read the History of Land Management (4 Min)

Pando Bibliography

A bibliography of key scientific and cultural studies about Pando, and the land it calls home.

Download the Pando Bibliography (6MB, PDF)

The Pando Photographic Survey

Friends of Pando is documenting the entire Pando Tree using high resolution 360-degree images. A first of its kind re-photography project scientist can use to monitor the tree for generations to come. Learn more about this project and experience Pando from home.

Learn about the Pando Photographic Survey

The Science of Pando

Friends of Pando gathers and supports research about Pando and the land it calls home. As a citizen-science led organization, we work to uphold and promote Open Science principles by making our research and findings freely available to scientists and the public for study, use and enjoyment. Click the button below to visit our Science of Pando Page to gather data, maps and resources to study and educate others about Pando.

Visit Our Pando Research and Monitoring Data Store

Friends of Pando is dedicated and working to educate the public, support research and preservation efforts and inspire stewardship of Pando, the world’s largest tree.

Friends of Pando is a proud partner of Pando’s public land stewards, Fishlake National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. Learn more about our partnership.

Friends of Pando and its partners are equal opportunity employers.

Just $14 a month supports work to ensure Pando can be enjoyed for generations to come. Make a one-time or, recurring tax deductible donation today.

Friends of Pando
PO Box 12
Richfield, UT, 84701
Phone: 435-633-1893
IRS EIN: 87-3958681

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