Synonyms:

• (=) Populus tremula f. pendula G. Kirchn.
• (=) Populus tremula var. pendula Loudon

Common names:

• aspen  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• European aspen  (Source: Trees US) - English
• quaking aspen  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• peuplier tremble  (Source: Zander ed16) - French
• Espe  (Source: Zander ed16) - German
• Zitter-Pappel  (Source: Zander ed16) - German
• asp  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• ou zhou shan yang  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese
• osina  (Source: F Baltic) - Transliterated Russian

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental ()
• Materials: fiber (wood pulp for papermaking fide F Missouri)
• Medicines: folklore ()

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.)

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia, [Eastern Siberia] Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia (n.)
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
• CHINA: China [Xinjiang]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (n.)


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

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2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
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6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 (Zander ed13)
7. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000 (Zander ed16)
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9. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
11. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
12. Laasimer, L. et al., eds. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants. (F Baltic)
13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
14. Little, E. L., Jr. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979 (Trees US)
15. Personal Care Products Council International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI)
16. Quézel, P. & S. Santa Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
17. Steyermark, J. A. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
18. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?29422. Accessed 22 May 2018.