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Also called swamp poplar and downy poplar. Part of aspen/cottonwood/poplar genus Populus in willow family Salicaceae.
Native to the 🇺🇸 USA Mississippi Valley and mid-Atlantic.
Populus hosts caterpillars of 367 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Often grows in clonal colonies [1] —look around for other stems!
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aspen/cottonwood/poplar leaves genus Populus 🌳︎ broadleaf 🍃︎ branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds larger, and large bark (on the trunk)