Learn how to identify the aspen tree in the forest, as well as facts about the tree's habitat, range, silviculture, and management.

Stunning Fall Foliage. Aspen gets its name from the aspen tree, and in autumn, these trees put on an awe-inspiring display of golden hues. The entire landscape glows with shades of yellow, orange ...

Aspen trees are the mostly widely distributed native tree species in North America, found throughout many northern U.S. states, the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, and a huge swath ...

Last week, Julie Korb was hiking around the mountains of Telluride when she came by an unfortunate sight. It was an aspen tree, not one yet showing off the shiny leaves we seek this time of year.

Fall leaves in Smith Lake at Washington Park on Oct. 21, 2019 in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) Look beyond Colorado’s shimmering yellow aspen trees for wonderful leaf-peeping ...

Quaking aspen trees. KDVR-TV Denver. 5 things you didn’t know about Colorado’s aspen trees. Story by Brooke Williams • 4d. ... Aspen leaves turn golden yellow, orange and red in the fall, ...

The gradual fall cooling on Colorado's Front Range this September is helping to set up what could well be a prime-time show of gold, yellow and red leaves in the region's aspen forests, according ...

DENVER -- This should be the golden season across the West, when aspen paint hillsides in shades of fall. But a mysterious ailment -- or perhaps a combination of factors -- is killing hundreds of ...

Aspen aren't the only trees in trouble in the Rockies. The needles of many spruce and pine trees in Colorado are tinged with red, a sign of bark beetle infestation. The outbreak began in 1996 and ...

Arizona's aspen trees are a fall favorite, but an emerging invasive insect species called oystershell scale may be putting their future at risk.

Without the FBI’s hard work in the late fall, I would not be able to enjoy the green grasses and healthy wildflowers found in aspen forests in spring and summer. The aspen tree leaves and decomposers ...

Aspen leaves turn golden yellow, orange and red in the fall, and they account for 20% of the state's forests, so Coloradans can expect to see plenty of those colors as fall foliage peaks this season.