What a lovely pattern the aspens make in autumn when turning in clusters because their roots connect them. The aspen's "roots possess an enormous potential for suckering, that is, sending up shoots much like a potato does. Suckers grow into woody stems that superficially resemble individual trees. [...] Each of these stems (each a sucker) was feeding off the same root system..." http://arts.envirolink.org/literary_arts/DavidLukas.html
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What a lovely pattern the aspens make in autumn when turning in clusters because their roots connect them. The aspen's "roots possess an enormous potential for suckering, that is, sending up shoots much like a potato does. Suckers grow into woody stems that superficially resemble individual trees. [...] Each of these stems (each a sucker) was feeding off the same root system..." http://arts.envirolink.org/literary_arts/DavidLukas.html
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