Quaking Aspen

Cost: $20 per 10 tree bundle
Size: 12-18"
Age: 1-0
Habitat: Prefers wet areas and full sun

Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Type:  Deciduous

Range:   In cooler areas and mountains almost throughout North America

Typical Mature Height:   Up to about 100 feet tall, often shorter

Light Requirement:  Does best in sunny conditions, but will tolerates some shade

Soils:  Prefers moist soils but will tolerate some dry conditions

Habitat:  Stream banks; moist, low areas; moist, upland woods; disturbed areas

Wildlife: Aspens are host to a wide array of birds, mammals, and butterflies. Seeds-granivorous birds, Browse

Uses:  The names refer to the leaves, which in the slightest breeze tremble on their flattened leafstalks. The soft smooth bark is sometimes marked by bear claws. A pioneer tree after fires and logging and on abandoned fields, it is short-lived and replaced by conifers. Sometimes planted as an ornamental.  Is good timber value as pulp wood.