Tuesday, May 7, 2024

notes on quaking Aspen

 Aspen






rub hands on it get white dust

most widly distributed tree in North America

needs fire to send clones up

thicket

moose and elk habitat

deer

self prune


famine food


cambian eating in the spring when it is sweet


catkins eaten fresh, do not store well


flat petioles


burned and ashes used as salt prior to European contact


Willow family


sore throat (aspirin!)


worms (?)


Trembling or Quaking Aspen - Identification, Description, Edible and Medicinal Uses and More!

Okanagan Gardener and Forager

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TDgNE-LhPI


Tree Talk: Quaking Aspen

Forests for the Bay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7mssGdVhn0


Quaking Aspen and How to Harvest the Bark with Michael Pilarski "Skeeter"

Anna Pallotta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EKBQxkJoeM


Birch and Aspen - Some Differences in the Bark

Far North Bushcraft And Survival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuT9G3llxo


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NPR


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