index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS CLASS ROSIDAE superorder ROSANAE ORDER MALPIGHIALES FAMILY SALICACEAE
Genus Populus


BBALLBLU.GIF Laterally-flattened stems, so that breezes easily cause the leaves to oscillate back and forth
BBALLBLU.GIF 150 feet
BBALLBLU.GIF Wood flexibility

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Populus section Populus - aspens and white poplar.

Populus. tremula - Common Aspen, Trembling Aspen or Eurasian Aspen. Europe, northern Asia.
Populus. tremuloides - Quaking Aspen or Trembling Aspen. North America.
Populus. grandidentata - Bigtooth Aspen. Eastern North America.
Populus. adenopoda - Chinese Aspen. Eastern Asia.
Populus. sieboldii - Japanese Aspen. Eastern Asia.
Populus. alba - White Poplar. Southern Europe to central Asia.
Populus. × canescens (P. alba × P. tremula) - Grey Poplar

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Populus section Aegiros - black poplars or cottonwoods.
North America, Europe, western Asia; temperate


Populus. nigra - Black Poplar. Europe.
Populus. × canadensis (P. nigra × P. deltoides) - Hybrid Black Poplar
Populus. deltoides - Eastern Cottonwood. Eastern North America.
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Populus. fremontii - Fremont Cottonwood. Western North America.
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Populus. petrowskyana - Russian Poplar. Europe/Asia.

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Populus section Tacamahaca - balsam poplars.
North America, Asia; cool temperate

Populus. angustifolia - Willow-leaved Poplar or Narrowleaf Cottonwood. Central North America.
Populus. balsamifera - Ontario Balsam Poplar. Northern North America.
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Populus. trichocarpa - Western Balsam Poplar, Black Cottonwood - Western North America.

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Populus. laurifolia - Laurel-leaf Poplar. Central Asia.
Populus. simonii - Simon's Poplar. Northeast Asia.
Populus. maximowiczii - Maximowicz' Poplar. Northeast Asia.

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Populus section Leucoides - necklace poplars or bigleaf poplars.
Eastern North America, eastern Asia; warm temperate

Populus. heterophylla - Swamp Cottonwood. Southeastern North America.
Populus. lasiocarpa - Chinese Necklace Poplar. Eastern Asia.
Populus. wilsonii - Wilson's Poplar. Eastern Asia.
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Populus section Turanga - subtropical poplars.
Southwest Asia, east Africa; subtropical to tropical

Populus. euphratica - Euphrates Poplar. Southwest Asia.
Populus. ilicifolia - Tana River Poplar. East Africa.
Populus. section Abaso - Mexican poplars. Mexico; subtropical to tropical
Populus. mexicana - Mexico Poplar. Mexico.



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