{"id":12204,"date":"2020-11-10T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T10:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/species\/populus-tremula-l\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T11:08:51","slug":"populus-tremula-l","status":"publish","type":"species","link":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/species\/populus-tremula-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Populus tremula L."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deciduous tree, dioecious, up to 20(30) m in height, of irregular size, but with a large crown, open branching. Trunk \u00b1 erect, with grey-white bark and almost smooth in the middle and upper parts of the trunk and in old branches; at the bottom part of the trunk in older trees the bark fissures and takes a brown-greyish colour; young branches greenish-brown, slightly hairy at first, turning promptly glabrous. Buds with 3-4 egg scales, slightly viscous, slightly hairy at first then promptly glabrous. Leaves 3-7(15) \u00d7 3-8 cm, alternate, deciduous, suborbicular, with obtuse lobes or thick teeth shallow and irregularly distributed; green on both sides, slightly darker on the upper side; glabrous; with a long and laterally compressed petiole, making them to oscillate, tremble at the slightest wind and produce a distinctive sound that allows this tree usually to be heard before it&#8217;s seen in a forest. Inflorescences in cylindrical pendant aments 5-12 \u00d7 1,5-2 cm, very villous. Flowers with persistent nectariferous disk, male flowers with 4-12 stamens with white filaments and purple anthers; female flowers with short pedicels, with an ovoid-conical ovary and 2 purple stigmas. Fruit a small ovate capsule about 4 mm, dehiscent into 2 valves releasing numerous seeds with long whitish hairs. 2n = 38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","short_name":"Populus tremula","name_html":"<strong>Populus tremula<\/strong> L.","short_description":"","common_names":"","other_name":"<em>Eng.<\/em>: Aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, quaking aspen.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Spa<\/em>.: \u00c1lamo tembl\u00f3n.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Fre<\/em>.: Peuplier tremble.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Ara<\/em>.: Aruari.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Tam.<\/em>: Acefcaf, amellal.","flowering":"February to April.","fruiting":"April to May.","habitat":"Near watercourses or, if not close to watercourses, in forest with wet soils. 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