I hear the terms used interchangeably. 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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.