Quaking Aspen
Bundle of 10 | Size: 12-18” | Age: 1-0
Quaking Aspen - (Populus tremuloides)
Native to our area. Mature Height: 35’–50’. Fast growing, reproduces from root suckers. Grows on a wide variety of soil types and soil moistures, prefers sun. Food source for pollinators and deer.
Bundle of 10 | Size: 12-18” | Age: 1-0
Quaking Aspen - (Populus tremuloides)
Native to our area. Mature Height: 35’–50’. Fast growing, reproduces from root suckers. Grows on a wide variety of soil types and soil moistures, prefers sun. Food source for pollinators and deer.
Bundle of 10 | Size: 12-18” | Age: 1-0
Quaking Aspen - (Populus tremuloides)
Native to our area. Mature Height: 35’–50’. Fast growing, reproduces from root suckers. Grows on a wide variety of soil types and soil moistures, prefers sun. Food source for pollinators and deer.
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
Type: Deciduous
Range: In cooler areas and mountains almost throughout North America
Typical Mature Height: Up to about 100 feet tall, often shorter
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.