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AMERICAN ASPEN TREE

Native Americans heavily relied on aspen, It was a great source of food, medicine, and wood for them. Many medicinal uses relied on the presence of salicin and populin, two precursors of aspirin that are present to some degree in all members of the genus Populus.

American Aspen Tree

Quinn Jacobson July 27, 2022

Aspen is noted for its ability to regenerate vegetatively by shoots and suckers arising along its long lateral roots. Root sprouting results in many genetically identical trees, in aggregate, called a "clone". All the trees in a clone have identical characteristics and share a root structure. The bark and leaf of the tree are used to make medicine. Aspen is used in combination with other herbs for treating joint pain (rheumatism), prostate discomforts, back trouble (sciatica), nerve pain (neuralgia), and bladder problems.

Aspen trees - Palladium Platinum Print from a dry collodion negative.

Whole Plate Dry Collodion Negative - March 2022 - Teller County, Colorado - Aspen Trees.

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