When the environment is favorable for growth, aspen trees begin to reproduce asexually

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That flower produced fruit, which split open,releasing hundreds of tiny, light seeds.The wind carried one to a wet spot of land in what is now Utah,where it took root and germinatedinto Pando’s first stem.A couple of years later, Pando grew mature enough to reproduce asexually.Asexual reproduction, or cloning,tends to happen when the environment is favorable to growth.Aspens have long roots that burrow through the soil.These can sprout shoots that grow up into new trunks.

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