Add ambience, color and fragrance to your backyard with these pool privacy plants and relax in your very own oasis. A ...

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for ...

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 ...

SEM images of a quaking aspen leaf harvested on May 14, 2011 (just a few days after leaf emergence) are shown in Figure 1. This young leaf surface does not exhibit the typical superhydrophobic leaf ...

Native Americans called the tree “Oo-soo-ha-tah,” meaning feather leaf. The Poplar family has several species of trees growing in our area. Cottonwood is perhaps the biggest, attaining heights of 80 ...

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 ...

Discover the major common tree diseases in the United States. Armillaria attacks both hardwoods and softwoods and causes either yellowing leaves or browning needles. Wood that is decaying from ...

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) also have light-colored bark and can thrive at this northern edge. Some species with light bark have the added advantage of ...

Pando, a single quaking aspen in Utah covering 43 hectares, could be between 16,000 and 81,000 years old. New threats mean the world’s largest tree is now in decline Tucked into the valleys of Fish ...

These contain dormant buds and starchy nutrients to fuel the growth of new basal shoots. Similarly, in a phenomenon known as clonal spread, the loss of above ground stems triggers regeneration.

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.