MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES 



LARGETOOTH ASPEN (Populus grandidenta Michx.) 



THE Largetooth Aspen is of common occurrence 

 throughout the State, growing in various soils and 

 situations, but preferring rich, sandy soil in the vicinity 

 of streams and swamps. 



It is a quick-growing tree, very similar in habit to 

 the Aspen. Naturally it attains a height of thirty to 

 forty feet and a trunk diameter of twelve to twenty 

 inches. 



The bark is smooth and greenish-gray in color. On 

 old trees it is somewhat darker and divided into broad, 

 flat ridges. 



LARGETOOTH ASPEN 



Leaves and flowers ; pistillate above, staminate below. 

 One-third natural size. 



The leaves are simple, alternate, broadly egg-shaped, 

 three to four inches in length, coarsely scalloped on 

 the margins and dark green on the upper surface. 

 The leaf stalk is flattened at right angles to the blade 

 of the leaf. 



The flowers are in catkins and appear in March or 

 April, before the leaves. 



The wood is similar to that of the preceding, being 

 light, soft and of little value. It is used for paper 

 pulp, box -boards and sometimes for fuel. 



