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Although the wood from Populus is known as poplar wood, a common high-quality hardwood "poplar" with a greenish colour is actually from an unrelated genus Liriodendron. Populus wood is a lighter, more porous material. Its flexibility and close grain make it suitable for a number of applications, similar to those of willow.
Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests . [ 1 ] In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous , but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen .
The genus name Populus is from the Latin for poplar, and the specific epithet balsamifera from Latin for "balsam-bearing". [ 6 ] Populus balsamifera is the northernmost North American hardwood , growing transcontinentally on boreal and montane upland and flood plain sites, and attaining its best development on flood plains.
Populus deltoides is a large tree growing to 20–30 m (65–100 ft) tall and with a trunk up to 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) diameter, one of the largest North American hardwood trees. The bark is silvery-white, smooth or lightly fissured when young, becoming dark gray and deeply fissured on old trees. Bark of a mature tree
France is Europe's leading poplar producer. Although poplars account for no more than 3% of the country's hardwood forest area, on an annual average they supply more than 20% of its timber production (mainly peeled wood). In the early 2000s poplar plantations accounted for almost 22 mm 3 of standing area and annual production of around 2.8 mm 3 ...
Many of the cottonwoods grown commercially are the hybrid of eastern cottonwood and black poplar, Populus × canadensis (hybrid black poplar or Carolina poplar). Cottonwood bark is often a favorite medium for artisans. The bark, which is usually harvested in the fall after a tree's death, is generally very soft and easy to carve.
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 ...
Canada. Poplar, Ontario, a community in the township of Burpee and Mills; Poplar Creek, British Columbia, a ghost town; United Kingdom. Poplar, London. Poplar High Street ...