also known as the "quaking aspen") is a native North American tree with smooth, white bark. Its name comes from the leaves' ...

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so carving into one tree can potentially damage multiple trees. Additionally, aspen bark can photosynthesize at 30%-50% of the capability of its leaves, according to the Colorado Native Plant Society.

with their bark peeling like sheets of paper. Some aspen trees have grayish-white bark when they are young or on higher branches, but the bark won’t peel like paper birch. For example ...

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devastated by bark beetle outbreaks. But without disturbances, aspen forests are often replaced by conifers over time,” the Colorado Native Plant Society website said. Though the aspen trees ...

While other deciduous trees go dormant, aspen continues to grow and provide those nibbling animals with the sugary, green layer found beneath the thin, white bark. Other animals big and small ...

Populus tremuloides, the quaking aspen of the North American continent, stands as one of the most easily recognized, most beautiful and most admired of all tree species. In order to help ...

Deciduous trees must drop their leaves in order to retain water in the winter. On the left side of the trail is a stand of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), identified by the greenish or ...

The U.S. Forest Service, Colorado State Forest Service and organizations like Leave No Trace discourage people from carving into aspen trees because the bark serves a similar purpose as skin.