There has been an abundance of research performed on Populus tremuloides also known as Aspens. P. tremuloides are trees that are one of the most unique trees in the world. They do not reproduce, they clone. They specifically grow their roots. Eventually the roots pop out of the ground and grow a new tree right where the root sprouted up. While P. tremuloides do produce seeds, the conditions in Colorado are not suitable for them to germinate, and reproduce. There is one problem about a grove of P. tremuloides. That one grove could be one or more than one individual. The grove could also consist of cloned and reproduced trees. The main issue with the grove is that it is hard to distinguish between one clone, and new trees sprouting from fertilized seedlings (Politov et al. 2016), making genetic diversity in aspen stands interesting, since there is a variance in reproduction sexually as opposed to clonally. Genetic diversity is important to study, because there is a need to understand species’ resilience in certain environments and conditions (Zhang et al. 2016). When one P. tremuloides dies, others die also. When this occurs it could mean all of the trees are the same individual. The environment could rapidly change by all of the trees dying. This poses a threat to people and the surrounding location.