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Family:
Salicaceae (Willow Family)
The Western Balsam
Poplar was introduced to Britain in 1892. It is native in
North America from Alaska to California.
This is the most
vigorous tree in the UK, because it is not unusual for it
to produce
shoots of up to 2 meters in its youth!
In 20 years time the tree may grow from 65 - 85 feet.
 Note
from webmother to page visitors:
Many of these pages are still bare bones. Whenever
time allows, we will continue to add information to the
Tree Gallery until all the trees have descriptions of
their habitat, characteristics, cultivation, uses and
anything else of interest. Why not get involved with
enhancing this web resource by sending photographs of
trees, bark, details of branches, leaves, flowers, seed
and fruit in all seasons (Good use of all these new
digital cameras!). Email us if you are keen to know more
about a particular tree and we will do our best to
complete that one next.
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