Bigtooth Aspen
Populus grandidentata
Bigtooth aspen spreads into golden-leaved groves by root suckers, a fast pioneer on sandy, disturbed ground. Coarse-toothed leaves flutter on flattened stalks and turn clear gold in fall. Like other aspens, the inner bark has served as a famine-food flour.
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 65–65 ft
- Spacing
- 20–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~367 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, erosion control
- Native states
- CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
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