Common name: TREMBLING ASPEN; Quaking Aspen; White Poplar
Most common tree in Saskatchewan; definitive tree of the parkland region.
Latin name: Populus tremuloides Michx
Type of tree: broadleaf (native)
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Bark (colour and texture): smooth; white to greenish; turns gray and black streaked with age; white powder rubs off when touched
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Leaves (shape, size, etc.): circular to heart shaped; finely toothed margins; leaf stalk is flattened causing leaves to flutter in wind; upper surface is dull
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Form: slender; rounded crown
Height: 20 to 25 metres
Growth rate: fast
Fruit and flowers: catkins appear in early spring; fruit formed in pods that split to release woolly seeds in May and June; male and female flowers are borne on separate trees
Soil: grows on almost every type of soil; does best on moist, well-drained, sandy or gravelly loams
Limitations: shade intolerant
