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

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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;

Zasada, J. C. & Phipps, H. M. (Accessed 2018): Balsam Poplar. See: https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/ag_654/volume_2/populus/balsamifera.htm;