Quaking Aspen (Noun)
Meaning
Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Quaking aspen, despite being named as such, is more commonly referred to as Eurasian or European aspen, in reference to its scientific name, Populus tremula.
- Populus tremula or the quaking aspen has large and beautiful white catkins hanging in groups at the ends of its twigs in springtime.
- While similar in many respects, Populus tremuloides and the quaking aspen exhibit unique features.
- There's another theory about how aspen leaves came to have such deep indented shapes which often leaves tourists marveling under quaking aspen in parks across North Africa.
- Large forestlands exist as large parks composed primarily of either trembling aspen, known alternatively as the quaking aspen or quaking-leaf poplar in Asia and other nearby places