Salicaceae
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The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family includes the willows and poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group have greatly expanded th
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Populus trichocarpa leaf margin showing a salicoid tooth. The brownish-yellow area in the axil of the tooth is the glandular seta.
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
Salicaceae
…The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae sensu stricto) includes the willows and poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and…
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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.