Bigtooth Aspen

Populus grandidentata Michx.

Willow family

Plant Type
Tree
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
110.0 feet
Flower Color
Yellow, Green, Brown
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Mid Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intolerant

Water

Water Use High

Soil

CaCO3 Tolerance Medium

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Host Acleris fuscana, Acronicta impressa, Acronicta lepusculina, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anacampsis innocuella, Anacampsis niveopulvella, Antaeotricha leucillana, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Archips argyrospila-complex, Automeris io io, Cabera variolaria, Catocala amatrix, Catocala meskei, Catocala ultronia, Choristoneura conflictana, Clostera albosigma, Clostera inclusa, Clostera strigosa, Colocasia propinquilinea, Crocigrapha normani, Datana ministra, Dichomeris ligulella, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Egira dolosa, Enargia decolor, Epinotia solandriana, Erannis tiliaria, Erynnis icelus, Erynnis persius, Gluphisia avimacula, Gluphisia lintneri, Gluphisia septentrionis, Gypsonoma substitutionis, Heterocampa guttivitta, Homoglaea hircina, Ipimorpha pleonectusa, Leucoma salicis, Limenitis archippus, Limenitis arthemis, Limenitis arthemis arizonensis, Limenitis arthemis astyanax, Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata, Lobophora nivigerata, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Macaria loricaria julia, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Meroptera pravella, Metanema inatomaria, Notodonta simplaria, Nymphalis antiopa, Orthosia hibisci, Pachysphinx modesta, Pandemis canadana, Papilio glaucus canadensis, Phigalia titea, Phyllocnistis populiella, Phyllodesma americana, Phyllonorycter apparella, Phyllonorycter ontario, Phyllonorycter salicifoliella, Phyllonorycter tremuloidella, Pococera aplastella, Protitame virginalis, Pseudosciaphila duplex, Psilocorsis reflexella, Raphia frater, Semioscopis inornata, Smerinthus jamaicensis, Sparganothis reticulatana, Sparganothis tristriata

Native Range

  • USA:  Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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