Populus
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Populus is a genus of over 60 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to temperate, subarctic, and montane regions of Eurasia, North America, and North Africa, and to th
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Mature trembling aspen trees (P. tremuloides) with young regeneration in foreground, Alaska
Male catkins of Populus × canadensis
The seeds of the poplar tree are easily dispersed by the wind, due to the fine hairs surrounding them.
Populus tremula
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Populus tremula is a species of poplar native to cool temperate regions of the Old World.
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…eastern North America) Populus luziarum – Jalisco, Mexico Populus primaveralepensis – Jalisco, Mexico Populus sieboldii – Japanese aspen (eastern Asia) Populus tremula – aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, quaking aspen (Europe, northern Asia) Populus tremuloides – quaking aspen or trembling aspen…
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Adult leaves (left); juvenile and sucker leaves (right)
Populus tremula growing well north of the Arctic Circle in Norway; April 2008.
After flowering, the aspen seeds lie like snow on the ground.