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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.
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.
Most commonly, tulipwood is the greenish yellowish wood yielded from the tulip tree, found on the Eastern side of North America and a similar species is found in some parts of China. In the United States, it is commonly known as tulip poplar or yellow poplar, even though the tree is not related to the poplars. It is notable for its height ...
Populus alba, commonly called silver poplar, [3] [4] silverleaf poplar, [3] [4] white poplar, [3] [4] or abele is a species of poplar, most closely related to the aspens (Populus sect. Populus). It is native to a region spanning from the Atlas Mountains of Africa, through most of South and Central Europe, into Central Asia; it has been ...
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 ...
Though not a poplar at all, the soft, fine-grained wood of tulip trees is known by that name (short for yellow poplar) in the U.S., but marketed abroad as "American tulipwood" or by other names. It is very widely used where a cheap, easy-to-work and stable wood is needed. The sapwood is usually a creamy off-white color. While the heartwood is ...
Populus, the plant genus which includes most poplars, as well as aspen and cottonwood . Black poplar (Populus nigra); Carolina or Canadian poplar, Populus × canadensis Grey poplar (Populus × canescens)
Populus fremontii, commonly known as Frémont's cottonwood, [1] is a cottonwood (and thus a poplar) native to riparian zones of the Southwestern United States and northern through central Mexico. [2] It is one of three species in Populus sect. Aigeiros. The tree was named after 19th-century American explorer and pathfinder John C. Frémont.