When I think of a "cheery" tree, I think of quaking aspens. Why cheery you might ask? While there are no leaves this time of year, find one in the spring and shake a branch… the leaves tremble ...

This is our celebrated tree of fall, the quaking aspen so named for those leaves that flicker in the breeze, twinkle in the sun and stir our souls. Maybe you didn't know that about the name.

The quaking aspen leaf is roundish and somewhat heart-shaped, with a fine-toothed edge that is barely perceptible. The leaves are 1-3 inches long. In contrast, bigtooth aspen leaves are, well ...

The aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) is the most widely distributed tree species in North America, ranging from Alaska to Newfoundland and down the Rocky Mountains to Mexico.Utah and Colorado, in ...

Here are some facts to appreciate about aspens this leaf-peeping season. Carving into aspen tree bark is like cutting skin Aspen bark is thin like paper and can be easily stripped or carved.

The World’s Largest Tree Is Ready for Its Close-Up Friends of Pando, a nonprofit, is in the process of creating the largest image ever recorded of this single aspen clone in Utah ...

Named Pando, the tree is a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) with around 47,000 stems connected by a root system that sprawls about 43 hectares in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest.

Aspen leaves turn golden yellow, orange and red in the fall, and they account for 20% of the state's forests, so Coloradans can expect to see plenty of those colors as fall foliage peaks this season.