Mrs. Rickey named it based on the color of the local quaking aspen trees. The meadows are surrounded by conifer and quaking aspen forests. Riparian areas support mountain alder, stream dogwood, willows, and quaking aspen. Quaking Aspen and willows are the most common species of deciduous trees. Engelmann spruce, Douglas-fir, and quaking aspen. Quaking aspen grows in a wide variety of climatic conditions. The Quaking Aspen is the state tree of Utah. The lodge totem is a "Populus tremuloides" or Rocky Mountain quaking aspen. The English name "Waverly", meaning "quaking aspen", is both a surname and unisex given name. The deciduous trees most often used were quaking aspen ("Populus tremuloides") and willows ("Salix" spp.). In Alaska, quaking aspen and tamarack are almost never found together. Other species scattered among this region include gambel oak, quaking aspen, and Rocky Mountain Juniper. Colorado blue spruce ("Picea pungens"), and quaking aspen ("Populus tremuloides"). Quaking aspen propagates itself primarily through root sprouts, and extensive clonal colonies are common. Species of trees used for roosting include quaking aspen, balsam poplar, oak, and maple.