It is the most widely distributed tree in the United States. According to the Hardwood Lumber and Veneer Series, aspen is one of our lightest woods with a 12 percent moisture content and a weight of ...

According to the Hardwood Lumber and Veneer Series, aspen is one of our lightest woods with a 12 percent moisture content and a weight of 26 to 27 pounds per cubic foot. It was at one time relegated ...

JT Thomas It's a relentlessly sunny day in the Rocky Mountains, and here at 9,000 feet, on the Grand Mesa in western Colorado, the aspen trees should be casting a shadow. But something is wrong in ...

However, aspen also has the ability to send up new young shoots, or suckers, off the root system of an established tree, sometimes up to 30 metres away, if the tree is large.

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 ...

But another sight among the aspen trees is giving natural resource managers in the Lake Tahoe Basin pause. In June 2018, scientists first noticed that aspen trees around the basin were looking more ...