Aspen trees are in the willow (salicaceae) family. Does that Latin word look familiar? ... aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, which was first synthesized in the 1800s.

Aspen trees are particularly vulnerable because they are linked together underground, so carving into one tree can potentially damage multiple trees. Additionally, aspen bark can photosynthesize ...

Wildlife and trees. Last year, when Aspen celebrated its 30th year as a Tree City, the featured tree was the aspen. This is a keystone species that helps others survive. Birds and bears love trees.

Sure enough, when the defoliated aspen trees produced a second flush of leaves, the team found the new foliage had an eight-fold increase in defensive compounds—compounds similar to aspirin that ...

This is our celebrated tree of fall, the quaking aspen so named for those leaves that flicker in the breeze, twinkle in the sun and stir our souls. Maybe you didn't know that about the name.

To carve an aspen tree — to take a blade to the trunk for the sake of your initials, for example — is to do harm. Harm to a being with a life expectancy much like our own: 100 years, if we ...

Aspen trees can thrive in a variety of conditions including sandy soil, gravel, dry grasslands and elevations from 6,500 feet to 11,500 feet. But one thing they cannot go without is abundant sunshine.