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Populus balsamifera L. 1753

Salicaceae (APG IV)
balsam poplar, heartleaf balsam poplar, cottonwood, bam, tacamahac
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Canada, USA: Alaska, northeastern to northwestern, Rocky Mountains

Populus balsamifera L. - Accepted: Populus balsamifera L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)
Populus balsamifera L. - Accepted: Populus balsamifera L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Salicaceae (APG IV)

Flowers
dioecious tree; flowers in drooping catkins
Flower ecology
wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
Life form
woody; tree
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
dull green capsule fruit contains numerous seeds
Fruit ecology
wind-dispersed (anemochorous), on floodplain sites also water-dispersed (hydrochorous)
Soil conditions
preferentially on moist sea and river sediments and on gravel, clay loam, silty loam soils
Root type
shallow roots
Succession type
pioneer species
Natural occurrence (habitat)
stream banks, river floodplains, mixed forests, spruce forests, red spruce (Picea rubens)-balsam fir (Abies balsamea) forests, boreal swamps (with northern white-cedar [Thuja occidentalis), moist depressions, borrow pits, mixed deciduous forests (ash-elm-maple-forests)
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
mesophytic boreal and montane forests
Constraints according radiation (light)
low shade tolerance
Usage
wood is used for pulp and construction, for veneer and particle boards
Phytopathogenic organisms
is affected by the poplar and willow wood borer (Cryptorhynchus lapathi), the bronze poplar borer (Agrilus liargus), and the poplar borer (Saperda calcarata)
Bark
smooth, light grey to greyish brown bark

Botanical Society of the British Isles and the Biological Records Centre (2012): Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. See: http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/;

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;

Nesom, G. (2006): USDA Plant Guide: Red Maple. See: https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_acru.pdf;

The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;





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Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 13.1.2021
Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 28.2.2019

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