Tree planters are hard at work this spring planting aspen seedlings in the Whitehorse South fuel break. The goal is to build ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) is the most widely distributed ...

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 ...

For 30 years, Aspen has held the title of Tree City USA, one granted by the Arbor Day Foundation to communities that meet four requirements: The city must maintain a tree board or department, meaning ...

The city will also be distributing hard copies of the new and improved Aspen Arbor Guide, which helps educate individuals on healthy trees to plant in the city, as well as healthy tree habits. Trees ...

Though the risk might be greater in aspen, considering “aspen are one of the most diseased and infected trees in North America,” West says. Otherwise, yes, a wound to our body is much like a ...

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 ...

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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly fires can turn forests to ash, it may come as a surprise that the U.S. Forest Service says fire is necessary for aspen trees to thrive. Of all the various ...

This enables the tree to absorb a small amount of the sun’s energy through photosynthesis in its trunk and branches – a feat which other native trees are incapable of.