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Populus balsamifera
Landscape Plants for Alaska
BALSAM POPLAR (Cottonwood)
Populus balsamifera
Deciduous Tree
Height
30 - 50 (feet)
Spread
10 - 20 (feet)
Distinctions
Rapidly growing tree; tolerates wet soil; a tree of Alaska's interior forests and river valleys; similar to black cottonwood; leaves are shiny green above and pale to green below; seed capsules are pointed and break into two parts.
Limitations
Messy, drops twigs; cottony seeds on females; spreads by root suckers; weak wooded, susceptible to breakage.
Hardiness
INT, N, SC, SE, W (Zone 1)
Origin
Northern United States and Canada
Cultivars
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