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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 40 feet
Plant Spread: 10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Malodorous
Other: fuzzy annoying
Flower Color: White
Other: greyish fuzzy worms
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Guardian plant
Shade Tree
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Aspen
Also sold as:
  • Swedish Columnar

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Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: July 2008
You can see how smooth the bark truly is.
Location: Overgaard, AZ
Date: 2017-07-14
Location: Overgaard, AZ
Date: 2017-07-14

Date: 2004-05-10
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: June '10
My 37' aspen that was 17 years old.  I had it chopped down in '10

Date: 2017-07-14
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