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Populus tremuloides



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Populus tremuloides
Quaking aspen

The gray-green young stems become brown or reddish brown, and can be either thin or moderate in thickness. They are glossy with narrow orangish brown lenticels. A knob forms on the stem at the termination of each season's growth.

 
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