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, ...

The leaves of disease-resistant Prairie Gold quaking aspen turn a beautiful golden-yellow in autumn. Once upon a time I lived in the mountains of central New Mexico. A favorite autumn adventure was ...