Populus heterophylla

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Populus heterophylla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Populus heterophylla, Linn. Swamp or Black Cottonwood. Downy Poplar. A swamp species of irregular branching habit, only rarely planted, reaching 80 ft. and diam. of trunk of 3 ft.: lvs. densely tomentose when young, but becoming glabrous with age or remaining floccose beneath, 4-7 in. long, broad-ovate in outline, obtuse or somewhat acute at apex, more or less truncate or subcordate or rounded at base, serrate, the petiole terete and tomentose or nearly glabrous: stami- nate catkins stout but rather short, stamens 12-20 and scales filiform-lobed; pistillate catkins slender but rather short, becoming erect or spreading: caps, ovoid acute, on slender pedicels. Conn, to Ga., La., Ark. and S. Mo.; near the coast in the northern states. S.S.9:489. V. Balsam Poplars. Tacamahac. Lvs. not lobed, varying from broad-ovate to narrower; mature lvs. whitish but not cottony-tomentose beneath, not clearly translucent-edged; petioles cylindrical or 4-angled, mostly grooved on upper side: terminal buds large to very large, very viscid and balsamic in odor: mostly large trees. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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