Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is the most widely dispersed tree in North America. It is found growing across the northern regions of the United States and Canada from the Atlantic to the ...

The genus Populus' most common North American natives include one true poplar in the north, four primary species of cottonwoods, and the quaking aspen ... and can help in identification.

A treasure trove of gold In October, the quaking aspen groves in June Lake, California, glow with vivid hues of yellow — and nothing sets off these colors like a crisp, clear autumn day.

This week, we introduce the quaking aspen or populus tremuloides. The quaking aspen, also known as the trembling aspen, is adaptable to a variety of soils, ranging from moist loamy sands and clay, but ...

Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, but many trees are in that genus. In Minnesota we have two native aspens — quaking aspen (populus ...

An understated characterization of quaking aspen is that it grows in many different plant communities, in many different ways and has adapted to an extremely wide range of environments From Horse Park ...

It's one of the largest life forms on the planet: a quaking aspen so colossal it has a name — Pando, which is Latin for "I spread." You might mistake Pando for a swath of forest of thousands of ...

It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This is our celebrated tree of fall, the quaking aspen so named for those leaves that quake or flicker in the breeze, twinkle in the sun ...

DENVER (KDVR) — What changes colors, shakes and covers five million acres of Colorado? Quaking aspen trees — they’re a “symbol of the Colorado high country,” according to Colorado ...

A quaking aspen tree, Pando aspen, in Fishlake National Forest, Utah. The trees are part of a single organism, called a clonal body. Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, National Geographic ...

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western United States lies Pando, a 106-acre quaking aspen grove considered the largest single organism on Earth by mass. Although Pando is legally protected and ...

The heartwood of quaking aspen was once considered to be worthless by loggers. The tree even had the nickname "weed tree" in some parts of the mountains. But the modern lumbering industry now sees ...