Basal shoots, root sprouts, adventitious shoots, and suckers are words for various kinds of shoots that grow from adventitious buds on the base of a tree or shrub, or from adventitious buds on its roo
A basal shoot emerging from the base of a juvenile tree
Poplar root sprouts (suckers) emerging along the root of an originating tree (not visible)
Pando is the name of a quaking aspen clone located in Sevier County, Utah, United States, in the Fishlake National Forest. A male clonal organism, Pando has an estimated 47,000 stems that appear to be
Image of the approximate land mass of Pando (shaded green)
Pando aspen grove at Fishlake National Forest
Closeup of a Pando trunk with early autumn colors.
Utah State Route 25, with Pando's trunks on both sides of the road.