Talk:Populus tremuloides

Pando[edit]

Pando is more than just a "notably large colony". The fact that a specimen of a speices is the world's most massive and oldest organism is certainly worthy of noting on the species' article. -Porlob 19:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tree? Trunks?[edit]

I've noticed that other articles referencing the Quaking Aspen (particularly the Pando article) call into question whether or not Quaking Aspens have trunks or stems. Why? What is the distinction here? Also, this very article questions whether the tree is a tree! What? "The tree-like plant has tall trunks, up to 25 metres, with smooth pale bark, scarred with black." Tree-like? Where's the clarification? I'm very confused! Geofferic ^T•_C✡ 03:58, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Soft sound"[edit]

Under the "Name" section, the entry notes that the leaves make a "soft sound" in the wind. Perhaps this "soft sound" can be given a more specific description? JackD13 (talk) 01:01, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I removed it after not finding a source for this content. It was added by an IP editor in 2006.[1] --Walter Siegmund (talk) 05:39, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Plant Ecology Winter 2023[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2023 and 10 April 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Magnolia champaca (article contribs).

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Wiki Education assignment: BIOL 412 HONORS[edit]

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Dieback[edit]

I included more information about aspen dieback in the West. Information used linked the causes of this sudden dieback to the forest tent caterpillar, poplar borer, bronze poplar borer, and the cystospora canker. ^[1] ^[2] Further information began to highlight connections between these causes and climate change. Perhaps this could be expanded upon to create a new section? Tmp1071 (talk) 02:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Worrall, James J.; Egeland, Leanne; Eager, Thomas; Mask, Roy A.; Johnson, Erik W.; Kemp, Philip A.; Shepperd, Wayne D. (2008-03-20). "Rapid mortality of Populus tremuloides in southwestern Colorado, USA". Forest Ecology and Management. 255 (3): 686–696. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.071. ISSN 0378-1127.
^ Hogg, E H; Brandt, James P; Kochtubajda, B (2002-05-01). "Growth and dieback of aspen forests in northwestern Alberta, Canada, in relation to climate and insects". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32 (5): 823–832. doi:10.1139/x01-152. ISSN 0045-5067.

Distribution & categories[edit]

@Nightphoenix9099, I see that you have removed a lot of distribution categories without explanation. I'm reverting your changes because they are incorrect as I understand WP:PLANTS/Using the WGSRPD. To summarize: A plant should not be put in one of the higher level categories unless it is only missing from only one or two of the lowest level subdivisions. It is incorrect to put it in Flora of Mexico when it is absent from more than half of the states of Mexico. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 16:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Worrall, James J.; Egeland, Leanne; Eager, Thomas; Mask, Roy A.; Johnson, Erik W.; Kemp, Philip A.; Shepperd, Wayne D. (2008-03-20). "Rapid mortality of Populus tremuloides in southwestern Colorado, USA". Forest Ecology and Management. 255 (3): 686–696. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.071. ISSN 0378-1127.

[2] Hogg, E H; Brandt, James P; Kochtubajda, B (2002-05-01). "Growth and dieback of aspen forests in northwestern Alberta, Canada, in relation to climate and insects". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32 (5): 823–832. doi:10.1139/x01-152. ISSN 0045-5067.

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