Height: This deciduous tree can grow from 30 to 50 ft. tall and form thickets.

Habitat: Grows best in moist to well drained soil in full to part sun.

Foliage: Alternate, oval shaped, flat, shiny, green leaves that turn yellow in fall and make a fluttering sound in the wind thus its name "quaking."

Flowers: Some flowers, catkin, do form and but not many.

Fruits: Female plants will send out cottony seeds.

Bark: Thin, smooth, greenish white to cream bark that becomes brown and scaled when older.

Natural Habitat: Usually found in moist areas in mountains.

Why is it good for my garden? Quaking aspen in a nice tree if you have a lot of space and want a thicket in a moist area. These trees form colonies by cloning themselves through their root system. This tree supports lots of different butterflies and moths.

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For more information please check out the Burke Herbarium link below:

https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/ima...