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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. It is a hardy, fast-growing tree which is generally short lived, but some trees as old as 200 years have been found.
The most characteristic trees of southern and low altitude New England swamps are hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis), tamarack (Larix laricina), balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera), red maple (Acer rubrum), atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides), tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) and black ash (Fraxinus nigra ...
In flat areas balsam fir grows fast, tall, and large, mixed with red spruce. Hardwood slope – ground rot is common in this well-drained area, and leaf litter covers the forest floor. Balsam firs grow fast, tall, and large along with big hardwood trees such as yellow birch, sugar maple and beech.
Populus section Tacamahaca – balsam poplars (North America, Asia; cool temperate) Populus angustifolia – willow-leaved poplar or narrowleaf cottonwood (central North America) Populus balsamifera – Balsam poplar (northern North America) (= P. candicans , P. tacamahaca )
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 Trees of North America. For the purposes of this category, "North America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), which calls it Northern America, namely as one of the nine "botanical continents". It includes the following regions:
Case in point: Just about anything from Balsam Hill, which has quickly become the biggest name in artificial Christmas trees, with selections ranging from modest Charlie Brown firs (from $349 ...
The foreground shows the transition from trees to no trees. These trees are stunted in growth and one-sided because of cold and constant wind. The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing and beyond which they are not. It is found at high elevations and high latitudes. Beyond the tree line, trees cannot tolerate ...