Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Synonym: Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides
![Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides (Synonym: Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides)](../../../../../cascade/mtadams/tree/broadlf/populus/tremuloides/populustrem.jpg)
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, Tract D Yakama Nation lands........August 25, 2005. The light-colored bark of the aspen
is readily apparent. The grasses are largely Idaho fescue with some bottlebrush
squirreltail.
![Leaf of Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides (Synonym: Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides)](../../../../../cascade/mtadams/tree/broadlf/populus/tremuloides/populustremlf.jpg)
The photo above shows a leaf of quaking aspen.
![Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides (Synonym: Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides)](../../../../../cascade/mtadams/tree/broadlf/populus/tremuloides/populustremuloides3.jpg)
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.
![Fall foliage of Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides (Synonym: Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides)](../../../../../cascade/mtadams/tree/broadlf/populus/tremuloides/aspenfallcolor.jpg)
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