Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Populus tremuloides Michx.

Family: Salicaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Populus ×polygonifolia Bernard, Populus aurea Tidestrom, Populus cercidiphylla Britton, Populus tremula L. ssp. tremuloides (Michx.) A.& D. Löve, Populus tremuloides Michx. var. aurea (Tidestrom) Daniels, Populus tremuloides Michx. var. cercidiphylla (Britton) Sudworth, Populus tremuloides Michx. var. intermedia Victorin, Populus tremuloides Michx. var. magnifica Victorin, Populus tremuloides Michx. var. rhomboidea Victorin, Populus tremuloides Michx. var. vancouveriana (Trel.) Sargent, Populus vancouveriana Trel., Possibly Populus tremula

Common names:

American asp (1900) (158)

American aspen (1840-1949) (5, 6, 20, 19, 49, 53, 57, 72, 82, 92, 93, 108, 109, 131, 156, 157, 158, 160)

American aspen tree (1785) (8)

American espen (1900) (158)

American haspen (1900) (158)

American poplar (1892-1929) (5, 6, 49, 52, 53, 156, 157, 158)

Asa'di (1919, Chippewa) (37)

Aspe (1617) (46)

Aspen (1806-1937, Meriwether Lewis - spelled aspin) (28, 35, 40, 47, 92, 108, 112)

Aspen poplar (1820) (38)

Aspen popple (1937, TX) (122, 124)

Auld-wive's-tongues (1900-1919) (37, 158)

Ever-trembling asp (1629) (46)

Golden qualing aspen (1942) (155)

Mountain ash (1923, misapplied) (156)

Mountain asp (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Mountain aspen (1913) (5)

Pappel (1892, German) (6)

Peuplier de Canada (1785, French) (8)

Poplar (1870) (61)

Pople (1892) (6)

Quaking ash (1923) (156)

Quaking asp (1850-1929) (28, 75, 92, 113, 130, 156, 157, 158)

Quaking aspen (1857-Present) (1, 3, 4, 5, 17, 49, 50, 52, 53, 82, 85, 92, 93, 109, 138, 149, 153, 155, 161)

Quiver-leaf [Quiver leaf] (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Tow-heads (1923) (156)

Tremble (1796, French Canadians) (17)

Trembling aspen (1882) (14)

Trembling poplar (1882-1929misidentified?) (5, 14, 156, 157, 158)

Trembling tree (1876) (92)

Upland poplar (1892) (6)

Vancouver qualing aspen (1942) (155)

White poplar (1840-1929, misapplied) (5, 6, 19, 49, 52, 57, 92, 156, 157, 158)

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