Salicaceae
Quaking aspen
Populus tremuloides
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- حور راجفياني, حور رجراج, حور ليبيا
- arz
- حور راجفيانى
- atj
- Asati orakeskw
- Bangla
- পশ্চিমা মেনে-কাভাক
- Cantonese
- 顫楊, 美國白楊, 美洲山楊
- Chinese
- 顫楊, 颤杨
- chy
- Vé'škee'e
- Czech
- Topol osikovitý
- Danish
- Amerikansk Asp
- English
- Quaking aspen, American aspen, Golden aspen, Mountain apen, Popple, Quakies, Trembling aspen, Trembling poplar
- Esperanto
- Ŝajntremola poplo, Ŝajn-tremola poplo
- Estonian
- Ameerika haab
- Finnish
- Amerikanhaapa
- French
- Peuplier faux-tremble
- German
- Amerikanische Zitterpappel
- Hebrew
- צפצפה רעדנית
- Hungarian
- Amerikai rezgő nyár
- Icelandic
- Nöturösp
- Indonesian
- Hawar perinding
- Japanese
- アメリカヤマナラシ
- Latvian
- Amerikas apse
- Macedonian
- Американска јасика, Американска трепетлика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerikaosp
- nv
- Tʼiisbáí, Tʼiisbai
- Persian
- سپیدار آمریکایی
- Polish
- Topola osikowa
- Russian
- Тополь осинообразный
- Swedish
- Amerikansk asp
- Tamil
- நடுங்கும் மரம்
- Turkish
- Amerika titrek kavağı
- Uyghur
- ئاق تېرەك
- Vietnamese
- Cây dương rung, Dương rung
Synonyms
- Populus aurea Tidestr.
- Populus benzoifera Tausch
- Populus pendula hort. ex Tausch
- Populus pendula hort. ex Tausch
- Populus polygonifolia F.G.Bernard
- Populus tremula subsp. tremuloides (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Populus tremuloides f. tremuloides
- Populus tremuloides var. aurea (Tidestr.) Daniels
- Populus tremuloides var. magnifica Vict.
- Populus tremuloides var. tremuloides
- Populus vancouveriana Trel. ex Tidestr.
- Tremula trepida Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 364 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: drizard, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Catron, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pierre Cartier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dante S. Figueroa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Denise Alano, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.