For 30 years, Aspen has held the title of Tree City USA, one granted by the Arbor Day Foundation to communities that meet four requirements: The city must maintain a tree board or department, meaning ...

That was the case in 2021 when Rick Lindroth, entomology professor emeritus, and members of his lab trekked into a research forest of quaking aspen trees Lindroth had planted in 2010 just a few ...

The “palm” is the root system, from which several trees or “fingers” grow. This is the most common, fascinating form of aspen reproduction: not by seeding, but by regenerative cloning.

A new decade-long study by University of Wisconsin researchers reveals how aspen trees can change their genetic structure to compete for sunlight and defend themselves against pests like ants, moths ...

Watch as a lot of difficult aspen trees are cut down using a chainsaw. See the skill and precision required to tackle these challenging trees in this impressive and captivating demonstration.

FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall ...

Quaking aspen trees — they’re a “symbol of the Colorado high country,” according to Colorado Encyclopedia. The Populus tremuloides got the name “quaking aspen” because of the way its ...

“It was peak aspen foliage, and at that time, I didn't know what I wanted to do with aspen trees, but I knew I liked them and I thought they were charismatic and beautiful,” Blonder said.

The lumber is primarily from two trees, mainly trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) and a little bit of bigtooth aspen (P. grandidentata). Lumber from the two species can be mixed and would not ...

Two seasons of beaver censuses will help direct riparian area restoration, with Thompson Creek and Fourmile Creek highlighted as high-potential sites. Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and Streams ...