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Populus tremuloides
© 2008 John Dittes
Populus tremuloides
© 2005 Louis-M. Landry
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Populus tremuloides  Michaux
quaking aspen
Populus tremuloides, a dicot, is a tree that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, wetland-riparian
Habitat: streambanks, slopes [Walker]
Wetlands:Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation: between 6000 and 10000 feet
Family: SALICACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Populus found in California.
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
Other Names:
PLANTS: Populus ×polygonifolia
PLANTS: Populus tremuloides var. vancouveriana
PLANTS: Populus tremuloides var. rhomboidea
PLANTS: Populus tremuloides var. magnifica
PLANTS: Populus tremuloides var. intermedia
PLANTS: Populus tremuloides var. cercidiphylla
PLANTS: Populus tremuloides var. aurea
PLANTS: Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides
PLANTS: Populus cercidiphylla
PLANTS: Populus aurea
PLANTS: Populus vancouveriana




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Populus tremuloides  from other sources:
Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images

website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (POTR5)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 22, 2013).

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