Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

Aspen, also known as aspen poplar, poplar (especially outside North America), popple, trembling aspen, bigtooth aspen, quaky and a dozen other local names, is a wonderful wood for many use. The lumber ...

Michigan is home to seven of America’s largest trees. They’re known as national champions. One stands beside a curb in Allegan County. Another towers over a home in Berrien County. Some are in the ...

The Wells Plot, a 1-ha area with over 1800 marked trees in northern lower Michigan, showed many changes from 1974 to 1981 anticipated for the succession from aspen to northern hardwoods. Early ...