"products such as books, newsprint, and fine printing paper. It is especially good for panel products such as oriented strand board and waferboard. It is light in weight and is used for furniture, boxes and crates, core stock in plywood, and wall panels. Populus tremuloides Populus tremuloides is a deciduous tree native to cooler areas of North America, one of several species referred to by the common name aspen. It is commonly called quaking aspen, trembling aspen, American aspen, Quakies, mountain or golden aspen, trembling poplar, white poplar, popple, as well as others. The trees have tall trunks, up to"
"system. These roots are not rhizomes, as new growth develops from adventitious buds on the parent root system (the ortet). ""Populus tremuloides"" is the most widely distributed tree in North America, being found from Canada to central Mexico. It is the defining species of the aspen parkland biome in the Prairie Provinces of Canada and extreme northwest Minnesota. The Quaking Aspen is the state tree of Utah. The quaking or trembling of the leaves that is referred to in the common names is due to the flexible flattened petioles. The specific epithet, ""tremuloides"", evokes this trembling behavior and can be"
"Populus tremula Populus tremula, commonly called aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, or quaking aspen, is a species of poplar native to cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, from Iceland and the British Isles east to Kamchatka, north to inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and northern Russia, and south to central Spain, Turkey, the Tian Shan, North Korea, and northern Japan. It also occurs at one site in northwest Africa in Algeria. In the south of its range, it occurs at high altitudes in mountains. The English name ""Waverly"", meaning ""quaking aspen"", is both a surname and"
"literally translated as ""like ""(Populus) tremula"""", the European trembling aspen. Quaking aspen is a tall, fast growing tree, usually at maturity, with a trunk in diameter; records are in height and in diameter. The bark is relatively smooth, colored greenish-white to gray, and is marked by thick black horizontal scars and prominent black knots. Parallel vertical scars are tell-tale signs of elk, which strip off aspen bark with their front teeth. The leaves on mature trees are nearly round, in diameter with small rounded teeth, and a long, flattened petiole. Young trees and root sprouts have much larger ( long)"
"Populus balsamifera Populus balsamifera, commonly called balsam poplar, bam, bamtree, eastern balsam-poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac poplar, tacamahaca, is a tree species in the balsam poplar species group in the poplar genus, ""Populus."" The genus name ""Populus"" is from the Latin for poplar, and the specific epithet ""balsamifera"" from Latin for ""balsam-bearing"". ""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"
"reach population levels high enough to cause extensive defoliation of ""Populus tremuloides"" stands in boreal forests. Enargia decolor The Pale Enargia or Aspen Twoleaf Tier (""Enargia decolor"") is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It has a boreal-transcontinental distribution, occurring across the Canadian boreal plain and then southward through the western cordillera at higher elevations, where it is presumably limited by the availability of trembling aspen and possibly other poplars. Records range from northernmost British Columbia and south-western Northwest Territories east to New Brunswick. It has also been reported from Nova Scotia, Ohio and New York. In the western United"
"Aspen Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ""Populus"", of the ""Populus"" genus. These species are called aspens: The aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south at high-altitude areas such as mountains or high plains. They are all medium-sized deciduous trees reaching tall. In North America, it is referred to as Quaking Aspen or Trembling Aspen because the leaves ""quake"" or tremble in the wind. This is due to their flattened petioles which reduces aerodynamic"
"northwestern regions of Russia (especially for roofing, in the form of thin slats). Aspen Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ""Populus"", of the ""Populus"" genus. These species are called aspens: The aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the Northern Hemisphere, extending south at high-altitude areas such as mountains or high plains. They are all medium-sized deciduous trees reaching tall. In North America, it is referred to as Quaking Aspen or Trembling Aspen because the leaves ""quake"" or tremble"
"is Greek for ""hairy fruits"". The following scientific names are now considered synonymous with ""Populus trichocarpa"": Populus trichocarpa Populus trichocarpa, the black cottonwood, western balsam-poplar or California poplar, is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western North America. It is used for timber, and is notable as a model organism in plant biology. A high-coverage genome sequence was published in 2006 and was the first tree genome to be sequenced. Assembly of the genome is particularly difficult due to the tetraploidy of the species. However, long-read Pacbio sequencing enabled the assembly of all scaffolds in 2018. It is a"
"Crooked Trees The Crooked Trees, Crooked Bush, Twisted Trees or the Crooked Trees of Alticane are a grove of deformed trembling aspen trees of type Populus tremuloides Michx. found in Saskatchewan, Canada. They are found approximately twenty kilometers north-north-west of the town of Hafford, Saskatchewan and just over five kilometers south-west of Alticane. The trees, prominent in Saskatchewan folklore, are dramatically different from the un-twisted aspens just across the road. Explanations have been offered which include various paranormal factors. However, cuttings from these trees, propagated in Manitoba, exhibit the same pattern of twisted growth, suggesting that the cause is rooted"
"in the local community as well as to the external recognition now accorded to this unique tradition. The present black poplar grew from a rooted cutting taken from the old tree which was said to be at least 300 years old when it collapsed in 1995 and had been repeatedly pollarded. Black poplar is an extremely unusual tree to be associated with notable events or traditions, which are more likely to involve pedunculate oak, sessile oak, common yew or hawthorn (""Crataegus""). The black poplar (""Populus nigra"" var. ""betulifolia"") is an uncommon native tree in Britain. Black poplars are associated with"
"is currently considered a synonym of ""P. balsamifera"". The light, soft wood of ""Populus balsamifera"" is used for pulp and construction. Many kinds of animals use the twigs of ""Populus balsamifera"" for food. The leaves of the tree serve as food for caterpillars of various Lepidoptera. See List of Lepidoptera that feed on poplars. Populus balsamifera Populus balsamifera, commonly called balsam poplar, bam, bamtree, eastern balsam-poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac poplar, tacamahaca, is a tree species in the balsam poplar species group in the poplar genus, ""Populus."" The genus name ""Populus"" is from the Latin for poplar, and the specific epithet ""balsamifera"""
"origin. Hybridisation continues to be common in the genus, with several hybrids between species in different sections known. Many poplars are grown as ornamental trees, with numerous cultivars used. They have the advantage of growing to a very large size at a rapid pace. Almost all poplars take root readily from cuttings or where broken branches lie on the ground (they also often have remarkable suckering abilities, and can form huge colonies from a single original tree, such as the famous ""Pando"" forest made of thousands of ""Populus tremuloides"" clones). Trees with fastigiate (erect, columnar) branching are particularly popular, and"
"the high heat. Their leaves tremble in the slightest breeze like the quaking aspen 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 twigs are yellow-brown to brown, the buds covered with a layer of balsam resin. The flowers and fruit are very much like those of the white poplar (""P. alba"") which is a"
"a perimeter access road, so the size of the grove is static and is unlikely to continue spreading. The grove can be seen in the Disney true life adventure/fantasy film ""Perri"" (1957). Crooked Trees The Crooked Trees, Crooked Bush, Twisted Trees or the Crooked Trees of Alticane are a grove of deformed trembling aspen trees of type Populus tremuloides Michx. found in Saskatchewan, Canada. They are found approximately twenty kilometers north-north-west of the town of Hafford, Saskatchewan and just over five kilometers south-west of Alticane. The trees, prominent in Saskatchewan folklore, are dramatically different from the un-twisted aspens just across"
"tulipwood) are from Australia. Also exists the tuliptrees, ""Thespesia populnea"" and ""Thespesia acutiloba"", ""Spathodea campanulata"", ""Stenocarpus sinuatus"", and ""Licaria guianensis"", ""Dicypellium caryophyllatum"" and ""Hibiscus elatus"", these trees resp. their wood is also occasionally named tulipwood. Tulipwood Most commonly, tulipwood is the pinkish yellowish wood yielded from the tulip tree, found on the Eastern side of North America and also in some parts of China. In the United States, it is commonly known as tulip poplar or yellow poplar, even though the tree is not related to the poplars. In fact, the reference to poplar is a result of the tree's"
"Populus trichocarpa Populus trichocarpa, the black cottonwood, western balsam-poplar or California poplar, is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western North America. It is used for timber, and is notable as a model organism in plant biology. A high-coverage genome sequence was published in 2006 and was the first tree genome to be sequenced. Assembly of the genome is particularly difficult due to the tetraploidy of the species. However, long-read Pacbio sequencing enabled the assembly of all scaffolds in 2018. It is a large tree, growing to a height of to and a trunk diameter of over , which"
"of Simoisius when killed by Ajax to that of a poplar. Ovid mentions that Paris had carved the name of Ænone on a poplar, as Shakespeare has Orlando carve the name of Rosalind upon the trees of the forest of Arden. Virgil gives directions for the culture of this tree and Horace speaks of the White Poplar as delighting to grow on the banks of rivers. The white poplar is an invasive species in many parts of Australia. In Western Australia it has formed dense stands in disturbed wetlands from Perth to Albany and it is considered a threat to"
"Populus Populus is a genus of 25–35 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 , aspen, and cottonwood. In the September 2006 issue of ""Science Magazine"", the Joint Genome Institute announced that the western balsam poplar (""P. trichocarpa"") was the first tree whose full DNA code had been determined by DNA sequencing. The genus has a large genetic diversity, and can grow from tall, with trunks up to in diameter. The bark on young trees is smooth, white to greenish or dark"
"relative of the aspens (""Populus"" sect. ""Populus""). Simon's poplar (""P. simonii""), a native of northwestern China, is frequently planted as a shade tree in northern European cities. It is an attractive ornamental tree with whitish bark, and nearly rhombic, 6–10 cm long leaves which appear on the tree in early spring. Maximowicz' poplar or Japanese poplar (""P. maximowiczii"") and the Ussuri poplar (""P. ussuriensis"" = ""P. maximowiczii"" var. ""barbinervis"") are similar, occurring in northeastern China, Japan, Korea, and eastern Siberia; they have broader leaves. Another similar species is the laurel-leaf poplar (""P. laurifolia"" from Mongolia), which differs from its relatives"
"to early summer. It also propagates by means of root suckers growing from the lateral roots, often as far as from the trunk, to form extensive clonal colonies. White poplar hybridises with the closely related Common Aspen ""Populus tremula""; the resulting hybrid, known as grey poplar (""Populus × canescens""), is intermediate between its parents, with a thin grey downy coating on the leaves, which are also much less deeply lobed than white poplar leaves. It is a very vigorous tree with marked hybrid vigour, reaching tall and a trunk diameter over , much larger than either of its parents. Most"
"purplish fruit is also showy. Trillium flexipes Trillium flexipes, the nodding wakerobin, bent trillium, or drooping trillium, is a spring-flowering perennial that is most common in the midwestern United States. Scattered populations are found as far east as Philadelphia and as far south as Alabama, as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. However, it is an endangered plant species in Canada and is rare throughout its Canadian range so that it is protected by law in Ontario. This species is variable, and tends to hang its flower below the leaves in northern areas. Southern strains have a large"
"Populus grandidentata Populus grandidentata, commonly called large-tooth aspen, big-tooth aspen, American aspen, or white poplar, is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America. The name ""Populus"" is from the Latin for poplar, and ""grandidentata"" refers to the coarse teeth on the leaves (""grandis"" meaning ""large"", and ""dentata"" meaning ""toothed""). ""Populus grandidentata"" is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to North America, found mostly in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Leaves are similar to ""Populus tremuloides"", but slightly larger and having larger teeth. The leaves tremble in the wind as ""P. tremuloides"" does. Bark of younger trees is olive-green,"
"Poplar is a very rare and exceptionally large tree that grows well in the wet conditions which the Thames and Lea historically brought to much of the neighbourhood. A specimen persisted in the area until at least 1986 when the naturalist Oliver Rackham noted ""Nearby, in the midst of railway dereliction, a single Black Poplar even now struggles for life"". In 1654, as the population of the hamlet began to grow, the East India Company ceded a piece of land upon which to build a chapel and this became the nucleus of the settlement. St Matthias Old Church is located"
"Maclura tricuspidata Maclura tricuspidata is a tree native to East Asia, occasionally grown for its fruit, somewhat similar to that of the related mulberry (""Morus"" spp.). It is also known by common names including cudrang, mandarin melon berry, silkworm thorn, zhe or che (), and Chinese mulberry (but not to be confused with ""Morus australis"" also known by that name). It grows up to 6 m high. The Tanzhe Temple west of Beijing, China is named for this tree. Fossils similar to ""Maclura tricuspidata"" have been collected from the Eocene of France, Miocene of Bulgaria, Pliocene of China and Quaternary"
"been referenced in many poems and the namesakes of other poems, such as William Stafford's ""Tulip Tree."" It is also a plot element in the Edgar Allan Poe short story ""The Gold-Bug"". Another form of art that the tulip tree is a major part of is wood carving. The tulip poplar can be very useful and has been one of the favorite types of trees for wood carving by sculptors such as Wilhelm Schimmel and Shields Landon Jones. In the Cretaceous age the genus was represented by several species, and was widely distributed over North America and Europe. Its remains"
"burrs or bosses. When mature, the tree forms a huge dome of massive spreading branches which arch outwards. This spreading habit is dramatically different from the elongated shape of the Lombardy poplar (""Populus nigra"" ‘Italica’) which, surprisingly, is a cultivated variety of the black poplar that was imported to Essex from Turin in 1758 and widely planted because of its unusual shape. The black poplar is also a different species from the more widespread black Italian poplar (""Populus"" x ""euramericana"" or ""Populus"" x ""canadensi""s) which is a hybrid between the black poplar and the North American eastern cottonwood (""Populus deltoides"")."
"felled 1879"". In Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit, she sings ""Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze/Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees…"". Poplars in Ukrainian folklore symbolise beauty or loneliness of a woman in love. The Odd Poplars Alley, in Iași, Romania, is one of the spots where Mihai Eminescu sought inspiration in his works (the poem ""Down Where the Lonely Poplars Grow""). In 1973, the 15 white poplars still left (with age ranges between 233 and 371 years) were declared natural monuments. In Pakistan, poplar is grown on commercial level by farmers in Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provinces."
"makes it the largest poplar species in the Americas. It is normally fairly short-lived, but some trees may live for up to 400 years (Forbes 2006). A cottonwood in Willamette Mission State Park near Salem, Oregon holds the national and world records. Last measured in April, 2008 this black cottonwood was found to be standing at tall, around, with 527 points. The bark is grey and covered with lenticels, becoming thick and deeply fissured on old trees. The bark can become hard enough to cause sparks when cut with a chainsaw. The stem is grey in the older parts and"
"and Italy (""Alberi serpente"", nel Monte Pollino). A similar form is the Weeping Beech (""Fagus sylvatica"" Pendula Group), which has more pendulous branching. Dwarf Beech The Dwarf Beech, ""Fagus sylvatica"" Tortuosa Group, is a rare Cultivar Group of the European Beech with less than 1500 older specimens in Europe. It is also known as Twisted Beech or Parasol Beech. It is a wide-spreading tree with distinctive twisted and contorted branches that are quite pendulous at their ends. With its short and twisted trunk the Dwarf Beech grows more in width than height, only seldom reaching a height of more than"
"many temperate parts of the world, at least as far north as Sykkylven, Norway and Arboretum Mustila, Finland. A few nurseries in Finland offer this species even though it is not fully hardy there and tends to be held to shrub form. This tree species is a major honey plant in the eastern United States, yielding a dark reddish, fairly strong honey which gets mixed reviews as a table honey but is favorably regarded by bakers; nectar is produced in the orange part of the flowers. The soft, fine-grained wood of tulip trees is known as ""poplar"" (short for ""yellow-poplar"")"
"it is a troublesome weed, ""Salsola tragus"" also provides useful livestock forage on arid rangelands. Other members of the Amaranthaceae (s.l.) that form tumbleweeds include ""Kochia"" species, ""Cycloloma atriplicifolium"", and ""Corispermum hyssopifolium"", which are called plains tumbleweed. ""Atriplex rosea"" is called the tumbling oracle or tumbling orach. Among the Amaranthaceae (s.s.) that form tumbleweeds, there are several species of ""Amaranthus"", such as ""Amaranthus albus"", native to Central America but invasive in Europe, Asia, and Australia; and ""Amaranthus graecizans"", native to Africa, but naturalized in North America. ""Amaranthus retroflexus"", which is indigenous to tropical North and South America, has become nearly"
"Trembling Aspen trees. Moose and elk are common. Escarpments to the east and north could pose a snow avalanche threat but are kept forested for stability. In 2006, the town was evacuated for several days as four forest fires approached the town. Major coal deposits indicate the site was a swampy forest during the Cretaceous. Paleontologists have discovered tracks or fossils from ankylosauria, ornithopods (including a Hadrosaurus), and theropods. Fossils of Cretaceous plants such as ferns, redwoods, cycads, and ginkgo, and Triassic fishes and reptiles such as coelacanth, weigeltisaurus, and ichthyosaur have been recovered. The town experiences a continental climate."