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near Conway summit

The Aspen trees beauty is most noted in the fall for the golden colors. What is less noted is the amazing root system connecting the trees, a remarkable example of interconnected communication, adaptation strategy, survival and growth.

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/worlds-7-most-amazing-trees/quaking-aspen-pando

Pando, or the Trembling Giant, is a remarkable massive colony of a single quaking aspen trees spread over more than 100 acres in Utah. Every tree in the area shoots from a single organism, and they share a giant underground root system. It's estimated that Pando collectively weighs 6,615 tons, making it the heaviest living organism on the planet.

from Wikipedia:

... some claim Pando's age is close to 1 million years.

Its current 80,000 year designation is based on a complex set of factors including the history of its local environment such as: the evidence indicating that there are few if any naturally occurring new aspens in most of the western United States since a climate shift took place 10,000 years ago and eliminated favorable soil conditions for seedlings...

From Discover:

http://discovermagazine.com/1993/oct/thetremblinggian285

Note from GP360 Siterunner: in the 1990's our company, Schmidt-Cannon Int'l chose to grow into a multi-company services provider and, after deciding to rename ourselves, we chose Aspen Marketing Services to reflect our 'interconnectedness' -- our strength and viability working together became the reason for our new name...

The natural world of the Aspen grove was our model....