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Definition of Quaking aspen
1. Noun. Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa.
Definition of Quaking aspen
1. Noun. ''Populus tremuloides'', the American aspen, so called from its leaves whose flattened petioles cause them to tremble in the breeze. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaking Aspen
Literary usage of Quaking aspen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Country Acres: A Guide to Buying and Managing Rural Property by Lowell L. Klessig (1999)
"quaking aspen: Also known as trembling aspen or popple, this species has fine-toothed
... The bark, which is darker than quaking aspen, ranges from ..."
2. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and quaking aspen forests occur on low mountain ...
quaking aspen communities occupy mid-elevations sites along with lodgepole ..."
3. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"As soon as the first hard frosts come in the autumn, the birds seem to take to
the timber and begin to feed on the buds of the willow and the quaking aspen. ..."
4. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"At 80 set quaking aspen stake 4 inches square, 4 feet long, marked sta. 3.
South 8 degrees east So chains to the place of beginning. The terminus. ..."
5. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"Below the foothill elevations the willow and the quaking aspen grow along stream
courses; at still lower elevations and in dry interstream situations ..."
6. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1876)
"Quaking-aspen, growing in the gulches, has thus far served for fuel both to the
settlers and to the military post at Ellis. Jefferson is well supplied with ..."
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