quaking aspen
Common name: quaking aspen
Botanical name: Populus tremuloides
Light: Full to part sun
Height: 30 – 60 feet
Water: moderate to low, best with moderate
Soil type: well-drained clay to organic
Deciduous tree with whitish-grey bark with black spots; forms catkins in early spring; separate male and female plants; beautiful gold color in fall; spreads via rhizomes to form large colonies from single plant
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