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Populus angustifolia, commonly known as the narrowleaf cottonwood, [2] is a species of tree in the willow family . It is native to western North America, where it is a characteristic species of the Rocky Mountains and the surrounding plains. [ 3 ]
They are large, deciduous trees that are 15–30 m (50–100 ft) tall and diameters of 4 m (13 ft), [2] distinguished by thick, deeply fissured bark and triangular-based to diamond-shaped leaves that are green on both sides (without the whitish wax on the undersides) and without any obvious balsam scent in spring.
Populus deltoides, the eastern cottonwood [2] or necklace poplar, [3] is a species of cottonwood poplar native to North America, growing throughout the eastern, central, and southwestern United States as well as the southern Canadian prairies, the southernmost part of eastern Canada, and northeastern Mexico.
English names variously applied to different species include poplar (/ ˈ p ɒ p l ər /), aspen, and cottonwood. The western balsam poplar ( P. trichocarpa ) was the first tree to have its full DNA code determined by DNA sequencing , in 2006.
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Populus trichocarpa, the black cottonwood, [1] western balsam-poplar [2] or California poplar, is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western North America. It is used for timber , and is notable as a model organism in plant biology .
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Populus balsamifera (balsam cottonwood), in Canada and parts of northern United States Populus heterophylla (swamp cottonwood), in the eastern United States Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood), in the Pacific Northwest of North America