[Aspen, Cottonwoods and Poplars: The Genus Populus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

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.

A close-up of the trunk (left) of a fairly mature quaking aspen as seen in vernally moist wetlands at Panacanic in western Klickitat County..........May 17, 2013. The photo at right shows bear claw marks on an aspen trunk at the same Panacanic location.........May 6, 2015.

The photo at left 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 at right 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.

Fall foliage of quaking aspen as seen Brooks Memorial State Park off US 97 near Satus Pass.........October 14, 2024.

Quaking aspen as seen at left along the Memaloose Trail immediately east of the eastbound Memaloose Rest Area.........January 19, 2014.The photo at right shows the catkin buds of quaking aspen beginning to open along the Memaloose Trail immediately east of the eastbound Memaloose Rest Area.........February 10, 2018.