The Pando quaking aspen
colony is the heaviest known living organism on earth. Appearing above ground as
individual trees, they bear identical genes and gender (male), revealing a
single shared root system which is estimated at six million kilograms, and
buried so deep it is protected from threats such as wildfires. It has re-risen like a phoenix
and likely a great many times, for the Pando also rivals the oldest living organisms on earth. It is roughly
80,000 years old.
Scavengers’ Deep – Map 5
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The Scavengers’ Deep is a reminder of the amount of work that went into
underground structures during the great war. …
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