Quaking Aspen Tree Identification || Identifying Populus tremuloides

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Botanical name: Populus tremuloides
Family: Salicaceae (willow)

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Native
Deciduous

Quaking Aspen - identifying by leaf — quaking aspen

Aspen flowers are called catkins and are small, fluffy and silver colored. — Aspen ~ Catkins

Quaking Aspen - Identify by Bark — Aspen, Quaking ~ Bark

Aspen tree with small red seeds. — Aspen ~ Seeds

quaking aspen leaf — Aspen, Quaking ~ Leaf

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