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Populus balsamifera, commonly called balsam poplar, [3] bam, [4] bamtree, [2] eastern balsam-poplar, [5] hackmatack, [2] tacamahac poplar, [2] tacamahaca, [2] is a tree species in the balsam poplar species group in the poplar genus, Populus. The genus name Populus is from the Latin for poplar, and the specific epithet balsamifera from Latin for ...
The balsam poplar P. balsamifera (= P. tacamahaca, P. candicans) is a native of North America, where it grows on alluvial bottomlands in the northeastern United States and Canada. It grows to a height of 30 metres and has yellow-grey bark, thick and furrowed, and coloured blackish at the base of the trunk.
The bottomlands and margin areas in the northern hardwood communities are primarily dominated by: red maple (Acer rubrum), balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera), black ash (Fraxinus nigra), eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), and the silver maple (Acer saccharinum). The bottomlands and margin areas of the coniferous forests consist of: red ...
Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.English names variously applied to different species include poplar (/ ˈ p ɒ p l ər /), aspen, and cottonwood.
Populus × jackii (balm-of-Gilead, [1] bam bud, [2] bom-a-gilly [2]) is the hybrid between balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, and the eastern cottonwood, Populus deltoides, occurring occasionally where the two parental species' ranges overlap. The name is considered a synonym of Populus ontariensis. [3] It is sometimes called a cottonwood. [4]
Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar) [130] Thrives on flood plains, but also grows on upland. The light wood is used for pulp and lightweight construction. Uses: timber; pulpwood. [131] The eastern Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and New England
Populus balsamifera (Eastern Balsam Poplar) Populus × canadensis (Carolina poplar) - introduced; Populus deltoides (Eastern Cottonwood) Populus grandidentata (Bigtooth Aspen) Populus heterophylla (Swamp cottonwood) Populus × jackii (Jack's hybrid poplar) Populus nigra (Black Poplar, Lombardy poplar) - introduced; Populus simonii (Simon's ...
Poplar. Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) Black poplar (Populus nigra) Hybrid black poplar (Populus × canadensis) Purpleheart (Peltogyne spp.) Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana) Queensland walnut (Endiandra palmerstonii) Ramin (Gonystylus spp.) Redheart, chakté-coc (Erythroxylon mexicanum) Sal (Shorea robusta) Sweetgum (Liquidambar ...