Or are both terms OK?
2006-06-16 13:59:51 · 11 answers · asked by Shinigami 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
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2006-06-16 14:09:29 · update #1
The tree you are probably alluding to is the trembling or quaking aspen. Latin name Populous tremuloides. There is also the European aspen Populous tremula, and the bigtooth aspen, Populous grandidentata. These aspens are members of the poplar family. The leaves have a flattened petiole, (=leaf stem)
which makes the sound when the wind moves the leaves.
2006-06-16 17:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Quaking aspen is the most commonly used name for that tree. Its scientific name is Populus tremuloides, which means it's a poplar (in the willow family). Birches, especially silver birch, also have white bark and leaves that shake easily in the breeze.
As long as people know what you're talking about, any common name is fine; I don't know what people where you live use for that tree, but it seems the consensus here is quaking aspen (and the closest to that of the two terms you present is trembling poplar).
2006-06-17 09:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about a poplar, but a White Birch has little spade shaped leaves that flutter in the slightest breeze. If the tree has white bark that is what I have always heard referred to as a White Birch.
2006-06-16 14:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by Wascal Wabbit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Quaking Aspen.
2006-06-17 00:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by akresus_bladeborne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without seeing the tree I would say you are talking about a Poplar. However, many names are specific to a geographic region. It is possible you are talking about a birch.
2006-06-16 14:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-27 18:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quaking Aspen makes a shimmering sound when there's a breeze.
2006-06-16 14:10:30 · answer #7 · answered by brooks163 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, I would say Quaking Aspen, they are all around my house and in the woods. So pretty though, because of the white trunks.
2006-06-16 14:32:14 · answer #8 · answered by Sarah-Elizabeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quakeing Aspen. not sure on the spelling
2006-06-16 14:03:42 · answer #9 · answered by Iron Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quaking aspen
2006-06-16 14:21:24 · answer #10 · answered by gopigirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋