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In 2013, Pando featured as the backdrop and the subject of a music video for a successful campaign led by 4th graders of nearby Monroe, Utah, United States, to have the State of Utah's Tree be changed from Colorado Spruce to the Quaking Aspen. [43] [44] The song the children sang was written by Utah folk artist and songwriter, Clive Romney. [45]
This is a list of flora of Utah, a state in the western United States, listed alphabetically by family. As of 2018 [update] , there are 3,930 species of plants in Utah, with 3,128 of those being indigenous and 792 being introduced through various means.
Pando, a colony of quaking aspen, is one of the oldest-known clonal trees. Recent estimates of its age range up to 14,000 years old, and 16,000 years by the latest (2024) estimate. [1] It is located in Utah, United States. This is a list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual ...
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... Utah: Quaking aspen: Populus tremuloides: 2014 [56] Vermont: Sugar maple: Acer saccharum ...
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, sometimes called the Tree of Life, is an 87-foot-tall (27 m) sculpture that was created by the Swedish artist Karl Momen in the 1980s and dedicated in 1986. It is located in the desolate Great Salt Lake Desert of Utah on the west bound side of Interstate 80 , about 25 miles (40 km) east of Wendover and midway between ...
Very few areas are protected, and the largest area that is protected, the High Uintas Wilderness in northeastern Utah, mainly protects areas in the high alpine zone, with the more diverse montane and subalpine zones being almost entirely unprotected. The main threats to this ecoregion's integrity are motorised recreation, widespread livestock ...
Utah is the only state that imposes a maximum blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.05% for drivers, as opposed to the 0.08% limit in other states. [204] The Utah Indoor Clean Air Act is a statewide smoking ban that prohibits it in many public places. [205] Utah and Hawaii are the only two states in the United States to outlaw all forms of gambling.
The Lone Cedar Tree is a historical monument located on 600 East between 300 and 400 South, near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.According to Mormon Pioneers, it was the location of the only tree growing in the valley in 1847, when they arrived.