Trembling Aspen
Populus tremuloides

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) French names: Peuplier faux-tremble

Family: Willow Family (Salicaceae)

Group: Poplars & Aspens

Distinctive features: Tree

Similar species:
  •   White Birch (Betula papyrifera) - Bark is much lighter and very peely.

  •   Large-toothed Aspen (Populus grandidentata) - Leaves are much larger and have large teeth.

  •   Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) - Leaves are broader; tree has distinctive balsam smell.
  •   Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) - Leaves are much bigger.

Habitat: Fields and Open Areas

Grows in Sun/Shade: Sun

Native/Non-native: Native

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Photographs: 181 photographs available, of which 12 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) leaves

Trembling Aspen leaves in the spring.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) leaf

a single Trembling Aspen leaf, upper surface.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) leaves

Trembling Aspen leaves have flat stems (petioles), which allow them to flutter in the weakest breeze.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees

Looking up into some Trembling Aspen trees in eaerly November.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees

A small grove of three Trembling Aspen trees.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees

The asme three trees in December.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stem

A stem.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) seeds forming

Trembling Aspen seeds starting to ripen, in late April.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) seeds forming

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) flower buds

Trembling Aspen flower buds, just starting to swell, in mid-March.

Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trunk

Trembling Aspen tree trunk.


Range map for Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)

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(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website and is displayed here in accordance with their Policies)

 

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