The 106-Acre Monster: How One Living Thing Became an Entire Forest

2. How One Tree Became Many

Unlike typical forests, Pando’s growth is a marvel of nature. Instead of sprouting from seeds, Pando regenerates by sending up new stems directly from its vast root network. Over thousands of years, this process—known as vegetative reproduction—has produced a forest’s worth of trees, all part of a single, interconnected organism that has quietly expanded across the landscape.