Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
The photo above shows many quaking aspen clustered
on slopes above the Island Springs Trail #66 about one-half mile east of Little
Mt. Adams..............August 25, 2005. The light-colored bark of the aspen
is readily apparent. The grasses are largely Idaho fescue with some bottlebrush
squirreltail.
The photo above shows a leaf of quaking aspen.
The photo above shows several quaking aspen
on slopes below the Island Springs Trail #66 on the east side of Mt. Adams.
The photo is viewed southeast towards the Klickitat River valley in the far
distance...................August 25, 2005.
The photo above shows the attractive golden,
fall foliage of quaking aspen as seen along forest road #060 just west of Bunnell
Butte on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.............October 14, 2005.
Paul Slichter