Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides · Salicaceae · 미국사시나무
How to spot it
Flattened leaf stalks make the leaves tremble in the slightest wind; bark on young stems is silvery white to greenish white.
Look
- Leaves
- Flattened leaf stalks make the leaves flutter easily in the wind.
- Flowers
- Silvery drooping catkins appear before the leaves unfold.
- Fruit
- Small capsules hold brown seeds with long white hairs that carry them on the wind.
- Bark
- Smooth silvery-white to green bark cracks as it ages.
Where it grows
- Native to
- North America
- Ecology
- A pioneer species that quickly colonizes ground exposed by disturbance; pure stands tend to be replaced over time by slower-growing species.
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- USDA Forest Service / Silvics of North America
- 국립산림과학원, 포플러(연구신서 제36호)
- University of Wisconsin–Green Bay — Trees of Wisconsin: Populus tremuloides
- USDA Forest Service(미 산림청) Fishlake NF — Pando 페이지
- Utah State University Western Aspen Alliance — Genetic Issues and Pando
- Utah State University Western Aspen Alliance — Pando
- Newsweek — Massive Utah Clone Forest Found To Be One of the Oldest Organisms on Earth (Tom Howarth, 2024-11-06)