In fall the shimmering leaves turn a gorgeous vibrant gold color, making it one of the best fire-resistant trees in terms of ...

Quaking aspen trees don't do well in Pennsylvania's hot summers. Good alternatives include river birch, Japanese stewartia, Persian ironwood, paperbark maple and seven-son flower.

The heartwood of quaking aspen was once considered to be worthless by loggers. The tree even had the nickname "weed tree" in some parts of the mountains. But the modern lumbering industry now sees qua ...

For some trees, winter does not mean a complete cessation in photosynthetic activity or growth. Quaking aspens store chlorophyll beneath their bark (particularly in younger trees), this is what ...

Ask the Master Naturalist: By any name — aspen or popple — these trees thrive in Minnesota In Minnesota we have two native aspens — quaking aspen (populus tremuloides) and bigtooth aspen ...

Scientists and volunteers joined forces to weed and tag quaking aspen trees. ... “Yeah, they call it a common garden. Yeah, it's a living genetic library, but it's a forest.