Learn how to identify the aspen tree in the forest, as well as facts about the tree's habitat, ... The authors recommend using root cuttings when establishing the tree in its location.

Aspen regrows quickly from suckers, or shoots, from existing aspen roots. It’s one reason aspen is such a favored wood of loggers — no replanting is necessary, as the aspen trees quickly ...

Aspen trees are particularly vulnerable because they are linked together underground, so carving into one tree can potentially damage multiple trees. Additionally, aspen bark can photosynthesize ...

Although the tree is a prolific seeder, most reproduction is by root sprouting. When the roots are disturbed and there is lots of sunlight, new trees sprout with as many as 1 million sprouts per acre.

The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football fields, with over 47,000 aspen trees, populus tremuloides, connected by a single, subterranean root system called a rhizome.

After a fire, as many as 50,000 to 100,000 suckers, or aspen shoots that grow from the root system, can sprout and grow on one acre, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. — Aspen trees are the celebrities of a Colorado fall day. Think about it. People line the roads to take pictures with them. Instagram feeds from all over the state feature ...

In addition to the possibility of some photosynthesis happening during winter due to the chlorophyll in aspen bark, new research suggests that the underground parts of these trees, the roots ...

But in reality, it's all one tree connected by a single root system. In a sense, Pando "redefines trees," says Lance Oditt, ... In mid-summer, the aspen's leaves are pretty much at their largest.

This stock image shows aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains. Pando, an aspen forest filled with genetically identical trees, is the worlds largest organism due to a huge shared root system.

Last week, Julie Korb was hiking around the mountains of Telluride when she came by an unfortunate sight. It was an aspen tree, not one yet showing off the shiny leaves we seek this time of year ...

After a fire, as many as 50,000 to 100,000 suckers, or close aspen shoots that grow from the root system, can sprout and grow on one acre, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Colorado has 1 of ...