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Billy Clyde Puckett · 01-02-2007, 10:27 PM

Most of the bark is grey, but it gets a white chalky substance on it in the spring/summer. Indians used that chalk as insect repellent. Aspens grow fast, but spread by the roots and send out shoots far from where you plant them.

01-02-2007, 10:27 PM	#5
Billy Clyde Puckett Billy=Semi Tough Big Guy Looking down on KC, SD and Oakland Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: between 5,000 and 10,000 feet elevation Posts: 12,665 Adopt-a-Bronco: John Elway	Most of the bark is grey, but it gets a white chalky substance on it in the spring/summer. Indians used that chalk as insect repellent. Aspens grow fast, but spread by the roots and send out shoots far from where you plant them.