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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Behind the pale trunks of quaking aspens and bright orange autumn leaves are rows of cattails, and together, the composition looked to the photographer as if it had been painted, per a statement.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
The quaking aspen gained its name because of the way the tree’s leaves tremble in even the slightest breeze.
—Michael C Grant, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Sure, the maples, oaks, sweetgums, and hickories in the Northeast net the most attention during fall foliage season, but there’s a certain poetry in the stately yellows and oranges of the quaking aspens, cottonwoods, and birches out West.
—Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
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.
—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
Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
The quaking aspen gained its name because of the way the tree’s leaves tremble in even the slightest breeze.
—Michael C Grant, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Sure, the maples, oaks, sweetgums, and hickories in the Northeast net the most attention during fall foliage season, but there’s a certain poetry in the stately yellows and oranges of the quaking aspens, cottonwoods, and birches out West.
—Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
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.
—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
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