Adding a large tree to your garden can provide a shady spot for relaxing. But this fast-growing variety may cause more harm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After decades of decline, the aspen forests of northern Yellowstone are finally making a comeback, and believe it or not, it’s all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike ...

Popples and aspens are members of the Salicaceae family, which Linnaeus named for their cousin, the willows, that are in the ...

Aspen trees are getting a boost from wolves at Yellowstone National Park, new research suggests. For the first time in 80 years, baby aspens are growing tall and healthy in the northern part of the ...

It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...

I was up in the White Mountains this weekend, walking out to my car in the AMC’s Highland Center parking lot after a hike, and there between the buildings and the cars was a gorgeous aspen tree ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

On the shoulder of Kebler Pass, about seven miles west of Crested Butte, a giant lounges in the Colorado high country. The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football ...

For 30 years, Aspen has held the title of Tree City USA, one granted by the Arbor Day Foundation to communities that meet four requirements: The city must maintain a tree board or department, meaning ...