quaking aspen
noun
: an aspen (Populus tremuloides) chiefly of the U.S. and Canada with small nearly circular leaves that have flattened petioles and finely serrate margins and that flutter in the slightest breeze
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While the quaking aspen colony doesn’t all share the same roots, said Karen Mock, department head of Utah State University’s Quinney College of Natural Resources, each tree shares the same genetics.
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Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
Utah's state tree is the quaking aspen.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022
Utah The quaking aspen is Utah's state tree.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
As summers and winters become warmer, experts predict animals, including moose and the state bird, the loon, along with species of the vast northern forests like paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam fir, and black spruce, will shift northward into Canada.
—Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2022
He is more easily imagined in his rural composing studio, canopied by quaking aspen trees and a big northern sky.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
Mingled with the ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and blue spruce are waves of quaking aspen at the higher elevations.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
The 55-year-old has studied quaking aspen for more than two decades.
—Christopher Ketcham, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
Habitat: This bird can be found in upper canyon riparian coniferous forests mixed with groves of Gambel oak and quaking aspen.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
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Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
Utah's state tree is the quaking aspen.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022
Utah The quaking aspen is Utah's state tree.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
As summers and winters become warmer, experts predict animals, including moose and the state bird, the loon, along with species of the vast northern forests like paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam fir, and black spruce, will shift northward into Canada.
—Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2022
He is more easily imagined in his rural composing studio, canopied by quaking aspen trees and a big northern sky.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
Mingled with the ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and blue spruce are waves of quaking aspen at the higher elevations.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
The 55-year-old has studied quaking aspen for more than two decades.
—Christopher Ketcham, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
Habitat: This bird can be found in upper canyon riparian coniferous forests mixed with groves of Gambel oak and quaking aspen.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
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1812, in the meaning defined above
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