4343

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Rare

Look for it in floodplains, disturbed areas , per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 7-10cm long

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
20-30 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p248

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Populus balsamifera   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera   FAMILY Salicaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Populus balsamifera var. balsamifera