Books on survival make a point of including the nutritious value of an aspen’s cambium layer, that thin strip of living tissue between the heartwood and outer bark of a tree. Beavers love it.

To carve an aspen tree — to take a blade to the trunk for the sake of your initials, for example — is to do harm. Harm to a being with a life expectancy much like our own: 100 years, if we ...

Other local wildlife depends on aspen, as well, and will leave their own unique marks on the groves. In search of insects, woodpeckers peck away at aspen bark, leaving small, circular scars speckling ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section ...

Carving into aspen tree bark is like cutting skin. Aspen bark is thin like paper and can be easily stripped or carved. The U.S. Forest Service, Colorado State Forest Service and organizations like ...

Elk eat aspen bark and scrape it off with their teeth, which can damage the tree. “When they do that, they wound a tree, and all those wounds wind up leaving the tree susceptible to bacteria and ...

ASPEN, Colorado – Colo. Gov. Bill Ritter credited Aspen last night for being a leader in Colorado in dealing with the destructive aftermath of bark beetles. Ritter said the local group For the ...

How to preserve aspen leaves. 1. Gather leaves on a sunny day, after the dew has dried. Choose leaves with no blemishes. 2. Press your leaves shortly after gathering, before they dry out.