Taxon: Populus balsamifera L. subsp. trichocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray) Brayshaw

See other conspecific taxa:

• Populus balsamifera (1 accessions)
• Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera (no accessions)

Common names:

• black cottonwood   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• western balsam poplar   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• peuplier baumier   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  
• haarfrüchtige Pappel   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.w.], British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington, Wyoming [n.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada, Utah [n.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte [n.]

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber) [= P. trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= P. trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US) [= P. trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

Synonyms:

• (≡) Populus trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Populus balsamifera L. subsp. trichocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray) Brayshaw:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa cultivars

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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