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).

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