How to Use quaking aspen in a Sentence

quaking aspen

noun
  • The leaves of one quaking aspen make quite a flutter in the gentlest of wind.
    — Richard Stenger, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The 55-year-old has studied quaking aspen for more than two decades.
    — Christopher Ketcham, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The quaking aspen gained its name because of the way the tree’s leaves tremble in even the slightest breeze.
    — Michael C Grant, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Birch, quaking aspen, white spruce, Sitka spruce, native trees.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The wine is as brilliantly colored as any Sierra slope of quaking aspen in the fall.
    — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 11 Oct. 2017
  • There are a plethora of trees, including quaking aspen (my favorite).
    — Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021
  • This comes from a plant called quaking aspen native to North America.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 July 2024
  • Cozy-up on a lounge chair beside quaking aspens or explore the lake by kayak, launched from the club’s private pier, for some exercise.
    — Agatha French, Orange County Register, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Known as Pando, the organism is a 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 30 Nov. 2021
  • He is more easily imagined in his rural composing studio, canopied by quaking aspen trees and a big northern sky.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
  • Mingled with the ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and blue spruce are waves of quaking aspen at the higher elevations.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Preserving trees One of the joys of driving into the mountains of the West are the rippling leaves and silvery bark of the quaking aspen trees.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The hotel’s moniker comes from the scientific name for the quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), the native tree that served as muse for the project.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 10 May 2025
  • Unlike other trees, quaking aspens are particularly well-adapted to fire.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • From there, head south for a drive along the scenic June Lake Loop, which is especially stunning in fall, when quaking aspen blaze bright yellow.
    — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
  • From the languid sway of the bay laurel trees to the disco shimmer of the quaking aspens to the Dude-like serenity of the redwoods, a vague drugginess wafts over the place.
    — Chris Colin, Outside Online, 30 May 2018
  • As with other members of the poplar family such as quaking aspen, the part of the tree that attaches the leaf to the branch is several inches long, causing leaves to flap rapidly from side to side when the wind blows.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • There's a stand of quaking aspens growing in Utah that's a single clonal organism, rather than genetic individuals.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2017
  • And with nearly 50% of the visitors coming for outdoor recreation not tied to hunting, a great deal of that tourism is likely due to the changing fall colors produced by the quaking aspen.
    — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Behind the pale trunks of quaking aspens and bright orange autumn leaves are rows of cattails, and together, the composition looked to the photographer as if it had been painted, per a statement.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Others, including Ohio buckeye, basswood and quaking aspen, could struggle in changing conditions.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The hotel’s exterior was inspired by Colorado’s signature quaking aspens.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Populus tremuloides, the quaking aspen, grows in clonal colonies, which means each stem in a grove is genetically identical, connected by an immense underground root system called a rhizome.
    — Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2020
  • In the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, maple trees feature orange and red leaves, while quaking aspen and larch trees have yellow leaves.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, maple trees feature orange and red leaves, while quaking aspen and larch trees have yellow leaves.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, maple trees feature orange and red leaves, while quaking aspen and larch trees have yellow leaves.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The 7-mile Green Mountain Loop passes through forests of lodgepole and quaking aspen as well as the Big Meadow, which draws elk in the morning and late afternoon.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Aspens are grouse magnets, primarily because the buds and catkins of male quaking aspen and bigtooth aspen (also known as popple or poplar) provide the majority of grouse with their single most important winter and early spring food source.
    — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Just outside of Vail Village, Vail Stables offers one- to two-hour seasonal trail rides, taking riders up steep trails, through wildflower meadows, and into forests filled with quaking aspen trees and lodgepole pines.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Just outside of Vail Village, Vail Stables offers one- to two-hour seasonal trail rides, taking riders up steep trails, through wildflower meadows, and into forests filled with quaking aspen trees and lodgepole pines.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025

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