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2013-10-06 15 04 21 Aspens during autumn along the Changing Canyon Nature Trail in Lamoille Canyon, Nevada
P. tremuloides

The quaking aspen is a term for two different aspen species.

  • Populus tremuloides, a native tree in North America.
  • Popullus tremula, the European trembling aspen.

All aspens spread by suckers (root sprouts). They may come to air up to 40 m from the parent tree, and form extensive clonal colonies.

Images for kids

  • 2015-03-16 12 22 15 Aspen catkins on Idaho Street (Interstate 80 Business) in Elko, Nevada

    Aspen catkins in spring

  • Reflection of tree

    Trembling aspen at sunset in Langley, British Columbia, December 2010

  • Quakingfallcolors

    Clonal colonies of different autumnal colors on a mountainside in the Matanuska Valley in Alaska

  • Populus tremuloides 8163

    Typical yellow autumn foliage

  • 2014-10-05 14 33 30 Aspens showing autumn foliage coloration in Lamoille Canyon, Nevada

    Atypical orange and red autumn foliage

See also

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