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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...