Populus tremuloides

• BOTANICAL NAME: Populus tremuloides
• COMMON NAME: Quaking Aspen
• FAMILY: Salicaceae
• NATIVITY: Alaska to Pennsylvania to the northern piedmont of Georgia
• GROWTH HABIT: 40-50’
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone 1 to 6 (7)
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Grows best in moist-dry soils with full sun; often found along stream sides and
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS:  Successional
• FACULTATIVE STATUS: None defined
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  The fluttering of the leaves are attractive on this species but prone to diseases hurt this cultivation.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, simple, orbicular in shape with an acuminate apex, long petiole.  The long petiole allows the leaves a fine, flowy texture in the wind, hence the name.  Good golden fall color.
• BUDS:  Elongated, glossy buds are sharply pointed and reddish brown
• BARK:  Lighter gray in color and fairly smooth with gently spaced lenticels.
• FRUIT:  Dioecious, flowers as catkins in the early spring.
• PESTS:  Aphids, Aspen borers, scales, leafminers