Avoid placing quaking aspens close to structural elements, or the roots might upend them and give them ample room to grow, as ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Quaking Aspen. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin, Northern Indiana, and the Upper ...

Seeing trees turn from green to yellow in the fall means most trees have stopped making chlorophyll and, therefore, stopped photosynthesizing. Not aspens though! If you look at the thin bark of an ...

Scientists and volunteers joined forces to weed and tag quaking aspen trees. Their research on the impacts of drought could guide restoration efforts.

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.

Aspen trees can thrive in a variety of conditions including sandy soil, gravel, dry grasslands and elevations from 6,500 feet to 11,500 feet. But one thing they cannot go without is abundant sunshine.

DENVER — Something is killing the quaking aspen trees of the Rocky Mountain West. The slender, white-barked trees that paint the hills gold every autumn are dying, some scientists say, leaving ...