Aspen, also known as aspen poplar, poplar (especially outside North America), popple, trembling aspen, bigtooth aspen, quaky ...

Another feature of aspen leaves is that they are borne on the tree for a shorter time than any of our other deciduous species. Aspen is invariably the last tree to get its new leaves in spring ...

Young aspens often don't survive because of factors such as grazing elk, according to a study by Northern Arizona University ...

An initiative to save one of Scotland's most endangered species of tree has been launched in the Cairngorms National Park.

The species has a greater capacity to adapt to its environment than most plants but has exhibited extreme growth declines during drought events in the last century. Aspen trees are also one of the ...

As part of our Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife series, Alan Watson Featherstone reveals the many threats faced by Scotland native aspen trees – a species that created the world oldest and largest living ...

Aspen is highly valued by beavers, who returned to the Cairngorms last year, 400 years after they were driven to extinction in Scotland. It is also an important defence against climate change, as it ...

In the two years that have followed the fire, the aspen stands have regenerated new sprouts that have grown without competition from other tree species and are now too tall to be grazed by elk.