Both quaking and bigtooth aspen have catkins that release seeds attached to cotton-like material that floats in the wind. This past spring, we seemed to have a banner year for aspen cotton.

When I think of a "cheery" tree, I think of quaking aspens. Why cheery you might ask? While there are no leaves this time of year, find one in the spring and shake a branch… the leaves tremble ...

What changes colors, shakes, and covers five million acres of Colorado? Quaking aspen trees. KDVR-TV Denver. 5 things you didn’t know about Colorado’s aspen trees. Story by Brooke Williams ...

A sound artist set out to capture the acoustic wonder of a famed swath of quaking aspens. It's one of the largest trees on the planet, known as Pando.

Although individual quaking aspen trees usually live for about 50 to 60 years, and sometimes up to 150 years, the entire clone can live for tens of thousands of years.

This is our celebrated tree of fall, the quaking aspen so named for those leaves that flicker in the breeze, twinkle in the sun and stir our souls. Maybe you didn't know that about the name.

Scientists and volunteers joined forces to weed and tag quaking aspen trees. ... the scientists could share their seeds with partners across the continent.

DENVER — Something is killing the quaking aspen trees of the Rocky Mountain West. The slender, white-barked trees that paint the hills gold every autumn are dying, some scientists say, leaving ...

Quaking aspen trees. What changes colors, shakes, and covers five ... “This clone has been genetically tested and proven to be one genetic individual which has grown from a single seed,” the ...