The heartwood of quaking aspen was once considered to be worthless by loggers. The tree even had the nickname "weed tree" in some parts of the mountains. But the modern lumbering industry now sees qua ...

I’m pretty sure this was a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) or as many of us New ... “No winter halt in below-ground wood growth of four angiosperm deciduous tree species” Nature ...

Quaking aspen, the most widely distributed tree in the northern hemisphere, ... Most of the forests were clear-cut in the 1870s to supply wood to the miners of the Comstock Lode.

Quaking aspen, the most widely distributed tree in the northern hemisphere, ... Most of the forests were clear-cut in the 1870s to supply wood to the miners of the Comstock Lode.

Aspen trees generally have shallow roots, growing above where sprinkler lines usually are buried and the wood of the tree is somewhat soft, that is, it's just not that strong of a tree.

“I do not want to be the big looking glass of civilization but just the small pocket mirror of everyday life.” Peter Altenberg Grandpa called them “popple” and cut them down for firewood ...

A hotel under construction in downtown Denver and whose exterior is inspired by Colorado’s quaking aspen trees will feature interior designs and furnishings that pay homage to the outdoors and ...

By Sterling Randle. SALT LAKE CITY — SB41, a bill that would change the state tree from the Colorado blue spruce to the Quaking Aspen, passed in the Senate on Monday, Feb. 11, 2014.

Starting in 2020, a team of scientists from University of California, Berkeley went on a scavenger hunt that lasted for years. Their mission: Bring back live aspen roots from across the country.

Behold the Pando aspen clone, a sprawling carpet of vibrant green-yellow quaking aspens occupying more than 100 acres outside the Fishlake National Forest in Utah. The “Trembling Giant,” as it ...

The blue spruce makes up less than 1 percent of Utah's forest cover, while the quaking aspen makes up 10 percent and is found in all parts of the state, he said.