Populus tremuloides - Quaking Aspen Fact Sheet with photos

Quaking Aspen Fact Sheet

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Family:  Salicaceae - Willow family
Latin name:  Populus tremuloides
Common name:  Quaking aspen

Populus tremuloides - Quaking aspen bark

Populus tremuloides - Quaking aspen winter buds

Populus tremuloides - Quaking buds in summer

Populus tremuloides - Quaking aspen summer leaves

Look for:

Bark:
- typically smooth, greenish-white to gray-white, with darker patches, and more furrowed toward the base
Leaves
- simple, deciduous, broadly ovate to nearly round, 4-6 cm long, with small, rounded teeth
- dark green and shiny above, pale green below, turning bright yellow, yellow-orange, gold, or reddish after the first frosts.
- slender, flattened petiole
- flutter with the slightest breeze

Map above shows distribution in North America

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