A member of the poplar family, it is a fast-growing ... the wind results in the production of seeds on the female trees. However, aspen also has the ability to send up new young shoots, or suckers ...

I’m pretty sure this was a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) or as many of us New Englanders know them, a quaking poplar. When I think of a "cheery" tree, I think of quaking aspens.

White poplar (Populus alba), also known as silver poplar, is a large variety of poplar tree that grows up to 100 ... Often ...