Aspen love.
On the Alfa Fia Tank trail, in the San Francisco Peaks, in northern Arizona.
Aspen love.
On the Alfa Fia Tank trail, in the San Francisco Peaks, in northern Arizona.

Aspen Grove.
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Aspen Grove.
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Aspen Series, No. 4.
Aspen Series, No. 4.

Aspen Series, No. 3.
Dappled sunlight filtering through the aspen leaves creates perfect conditions for hairy bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens) in the understory. I will definitely be returning to this trail in the fall, when the dying fern smells like hay.
Aspen Series, No. 3.
Dappled sunlight filtering through the aspen leaves creates perfect conditions for hairy bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens) in the understory. I will definitely be returning to this trail in the fall, when the dying fern smells like hay.

Aspen Series, No. 2.
Aspen Series, No. 2.

Aspen Series, No. 1.
All photos in this series feature quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) seen along Veit Spring Trail, on Agassiz Peak near Flagstaff, Arizona.