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Populus × canadensis, known as Canadian poplar or Carolina poplar, is a naturally occurring hybrid of Populus nigra and Populus deltoides. [2] It is a vigorous, broadly columnar, deciduous tree growing to 40 m (130 ft), which is commonly used by landscape architects.
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.
Populus × canescens, the grey poplar, is a hybrid between Populus alba (white poplar) and P. tremula (common aspen). It is intermediate between its parents, with a thin grey downy coating on the leaves , which are much less deeply lobed than the leaves of P. alba .
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.
Pacific Albus is a hybrid poplar grown in the Pacific Northwest, ... Potlatch Corp. planted 18,000 acres of the tree in the early 1990s to sell as pulpwood. [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.
The hybrid with Populus alba (white poplar), known as grey poplar, Populus × canescens, is widely found in Europe and central Asia. Hybrids with several other aspens have also been bred at forestry research institutes in order to find trees with greater timber production and disease resistance (e.g. P. tremula × P. tremuloides, bred in ...
Populus grandidentata, commonly called large-tooth aspen, big-tooth aspen, American aspen, [2] Canadian poplar, [2] or white poplar, [2] is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America. Name [ edit ]