• Dioecious species represent an important component of terrestrial ecosystems, but little is known about gender-specific responses to elevated atmospheric CO2. • In an open-top chamber experiment ...

Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) is a clonal tree species, which regenerates mostly through root suckering. In spite of vegetative propagation, aspen maintains high levels of clonal diversity. We ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. After the Aqua Tower, Gang and her studio seemed somewhat ...

Aspens are self-pruning. As they grow taller, the trees shed low branches, leaving behind round dark scars on their otherwise paper-white bark. “I remember looking at them and seeing all these eyes, ...