poplar leaf

Trembling tree part

A poplar leaf is the leaf of a poplar tree, typically broad, somewhat triangular or heart-shaped, with a flattened stem that causes the leaf to flutter in light wind.

The trembling of poplar leaves—especially aspens—is distinctive enough to appear in poetry and idiom: quaking like an aspen leaf.

Related

rustling · birch · willow · flutter · shimmer · silver · green · canopy · breeze · autumn · yellowing · broad · flat · veined · sapling · grove · shade tree · whispering

Opposites
leaf morphology

poplar leafcompound leaf

Leaf with distinct leaflets

needle · pine needle · fir needle · oak leaf · maple leaf

tree identity/taxonomy

poplar leafoak leaf

Deciduous hardwood foliage

maple leaf · pine needle · evergreen foliage · palm leaf · magnolia leaf

Family

poplar, poplars, leaf, leaves, leafy, leafed, leaflet, leaflets, leafing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G