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Old 27th December 2007, 04:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
bigshea13
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in US WE HAVE ASPENS. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SPROUTS POPING UP IN CLUSTERS. THEY APPEAR TO BE INDIVIDUAL TREES BUT IN REALITY ITS ONE BIG CLONE COLLECTION. ACTUALLY THEY SPPROUT FROM THE ROOT. THEY'RE CALLED COLONIES. SPROUTS GROW, MATURE,DIE....THE CYCLE REPEATS.....SOMETIMES FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. FREAKY. i THINK THEY ARE IN THE POPLAR FAMILY. THEY ALL GROW LIKE THEIR ON STEROIDS. TALL, THICK, AND FOUND EVERWHERE. WITH BROAD LEAVES THAT COVER THE GROUND BELOW AND ALL AROUND. ID LIKE TO GRAFT ONE OF MY MONEY TREE BRANCHS ONTO ONE OF THOSE BUGGERS.
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