Also called eastern balsam poplar, bam, bamtree, hackmatack, tacamahac poplar and tacamahaca.

Part of aspen/cottonwood/poplar  genus Populus in willow  family Salicaceae.

Native to 🇨🇦 Canada, Alaska, and northern continental 🇺🇸 USA.   🌎︎ Map by county 🌎︎ map.  Adobe Acrobat Reader file

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Populus hosts caterpillars of 367 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula.

Often grows in clonal colonies [1] —look around for other stems!

Can form a hybrid with eastern cottonwood  Populus deltoides (also part of the aspen/cottonwood/poplar  genus Populus ), forming balm of Gilead  Populus × jackii.   The hybrid occurs occasionally in nature.

Propagation protocol.  Adobe Acrobat Reader file

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🏠︎ 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds larger, and large

aspen/cottonwood/poplar leaves  genus Populus eastern cottonwood  Populus deltoides balm of Gilead  Populus × jackii

🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula