Scientific name: Populus tremuloides (N)
Common name: trembling aspen
Family name: Salicaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA hardiness zone: 2
Mature height and spread: 10-15m tall, 7-10m wide
Form: upright
Water use: medium-high
Soil requirements: Moist soil
Leaf arrangement: Simple. Alternate.
Fall colour: yellow
Flower/cone/fruit description: Catkin. Capsule fruit.
Limitations: Rhizomes; spreading.
Suitable uses: Wind break. Restoration. Quick growing and short lived
Quick ID description: Dec. tree. Simple. Alternate. Leaves tremble in wind because stems are flat (unique). Ovate leaves (heart shapped).