Learn how to identify the aspen tree in the forest, ... damage-prone bark is light green and smooth with bands of warty ... It has nearly 50,000 stems growing out of a single root system, ...

But in reality, it's all one tree connected by a single root system. In a sense, Pando "redefines trees," says Lance Oditt, who directs the nonprofit Friends of Pando.

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.

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. — Aspen trees are the celebrities of a Colorado fall day. Think about it. People line the roads to take pictures with them. Instagram feeds from all over the state feature ...

Seeing trees turn from green to yellow in the fall means most trees have stopped making chlorophyll and, therefore, stopped photosynthesizing. Not aspens though! If you look at the thin bark of an ...

Of all the various environments that aspen trees can thrive in, including sandy soil, gravel, dry grasslands, and elevations from 6,500 feet to 11,500 feet, the U.S. Forest Service said fire is ...

This forest has an estimated 47,000 aspen trunks over 106 acres but — get this — is only a single “tree.” All the trunks share one root system! They are clones and genetically identical to ...

The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football fields, with over 47,000 aspen trees, populus tremuloides, connected by a single, subterranean root system called a rhizome.

It grows 15-30 feet tall and wide and comes as a multi-stem or single-stem tree with three season interest. In spring, leaves emerge coppery-red, turning to green followed by white flowers.

In Scotland today, most aspen reproduction occurs by this method, creating stands of genetically identical trees connected by their shared root systems, forming a single multi-stemmed organism.

Of all the various environments that aspen trees can thrive in, including sandy soil, gravel, dry grasslands, and elevations from 6,500 feet to 11,500 feet, the U.S. Forest Service said fire is ...