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Texas' Aspens

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Aspens in Big Bend National Park. (Photo by James Zech)

By Megan Wilde

With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint our highest peaks with brilliant gold. What are these remarkable trees doing in the Chihuahuan Desert?

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