What’s the largest tree you’ve ever seen? Maybe you have traveled to see the sequoias and redwoods in California. Maybe you found yourself in Sunderland, Massachusetts, and found the Buttonball tree, ...

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 ...

It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...

The sight of the leaves is breathtaking, and so is the knowledge that in a stand of aspens you are walking through a single individual connected underground Fall is arguably the finest season in ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

Madison, Wis. -- Quaking aspen groves in the American West have been on the decline since the beginning of serious settlement and exploitation, but recent studies of California aspen by Penn State ...

FLAGSTAFF — As flurries started to descend on the forest floor, a team of researchers examined a stand of sickly quaking aspen trees off U.S. Highway 180, just north of Flagstaff. To an untrained eye, ...

Three tracer solutions applied to 46 aspen (Populus tremuloides) clones in northern Utah revealed as many as 43 stems connected on a common root system. The maximum lateral distance between a donor ...

Fall is arguably the finest season in Colorado. The air turns clear and crisp, balmy days contrast with chilly evenings and fall colors sweep through the mountains. In the foothills, smooth sumac ...