Quaking Aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) are gorgeous, fast-growing native trees distributed over most of North America, including the United States and Canada. You may have seen and loved them in National Forests throughout the Rocky Mountains. They are a pioneering species of trees that are one of the first trees to invade open areas and prairies.
There is nothing like hearing the wind rustling through a group of Aspen trees on a summer day.
One of the most endearing features of Quaking Aspen is that their heart-shaped leaves quake and flutter back and forth with the slightest breeze, making a soft sound like rain. The sounds of the leaves blowing through a native stand of Aspen has been admired and memorialized by poets and writers alike.
