Are aspen and poplars the same tree or related?

Question

I am trying to decide if a tree in my yard is an aspen or hybrid poplar. I would appreciate any input you folks might have.

Answer 1

An Aspen is a poplar. A poplar is any kind of fast growing tree, and an Aspen is just one of them. You can tell an Aspen by it's almost round leaves and the fact that every Aspen tree is actually a colony. The Aspens multiply by growing their roots sideways and then another tree shoots up from the roots. So if you have one Aspen, you are bound to have a lot more.

Answer 2

Aspen Tree

Answer 3

Aspen is a type of poplar. Most grow in colder regions w/ cool summers. The white poplar grows in warmer climates. Aspens have round leaves w/ irregular rounded teeth on them.

Answer 4

Populus is the scientific name for the genies of a aspen trees. The most popular are the following;

Bigtooth Aspen
(Populus grandidentata)

Eastern Cottonwood
(Populus deltoides )

Quaking Aspen
(Populus tremuloides )


However, If we are talking about common names I think you are talking about the Bigtooth aspen. This is what the following web site said about this three.
Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata), also called largetooth aspen, poplar, or popple, is medium-sized deciduous hardwood tree of north eastern North America. It is short lived but grow rapidly, especially the first 30 years, on sandy upland soils and flood plains. Easily reproduced from seed or sucker shoots, it quickly reforests disturbed site where it builds soil and protects seedlings of slower growing species. The soft, light-colored wood is us& mostly for paper pulp. Wildlife use the foliage, twigs and buds as food.

Answer 5

Aspens are trees of the willow family and comprise a section of the poplar genus, Populus sect. Populus. There are six species in the section, one of them atypical, and one hybrid:
Populus tremula - Common, Trembling or Eurasian Aspen (northern Europe & Asia)
Populus tremuloides - Quaking, Trembling or American Aspen (northern & western North America)
Populus grandidentata - Bigtooth Aspen (eastern North America, south of P. tremuloides)
Populus adenopoda - Chinese Aspen (China, south of P. tremula)
Populus sieboldii - Japanese Aspen (Japan)
Populus alba - White Poplar (northwest Africa, southern Europe, east to central Asia)
Populus × canescens - Grey Poplar (hybrid P. alba × P. tremula)
The five typical aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the far north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south only at high altitudes in mountains. The White Poplar by contrast is native to much warmer regions, with hot, dry summers. They are all medium-sized deciduous trees reaching 15-25 m tall, exceptionally to 30 m.
Aspens (apart from the aberrant White Poplar) are distinguished by their nearly round leaves on mature trees, 4-12 cm diameter with irregular rounded teeth. They are carried on strongly flattened leaf stems, which enable the leaves to twist and flutter in the slightest of breezes. The juvenile leaves on young seedlings and root sprouts differ markedly from the adult leaves, nearly triangular, showing here the typical leaf shape of most other poplars; they are also often much larger, 10-20 cm long. The five typical aspens are distinguished from each other by leaf size and the size and spacing of the teeth on the adult leaves. White Poplar leaves differ in being deeply five-lobed, covered in thick white down, and having only a slightly flattened leaf stem.

Answer 6

Why do you think that we are on different boats. No, we all are sailing on the same ocean in the same boat but unfortunately our thoughts, actions, desires, acts, needs feelings, and deeds are different. You know why?coz we are selfish and live for self only, we won't care of others, we love ourselves only and not all. Its why the boat is the same but we are different. Thank you.

Answer 7

Aspens are part of the poplar genus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen

Answer 8

All trees are related.

Answer 9

Same species -- populos

Answer 10

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