Aspen Poplar (Populus tremula)

Family: Salicaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Inner bark - dried, ground into a powder then added to flour and used for making bread etc. A famine food, it is only used when all else fails. — Inner bark - dried, ground into a powder then added to flour and used for making bread etc.; A famine food, it is only used when all else fails.

Habitat & North American Range

Found in open woodlands and scrubby heathland, usually on poorer soils where it is sometimes dominant. (Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5)