Balsam poplar
Populus balsamifera L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 30 m
- wide
- 8.0 m
Salicaceae
Also called Ontario Balsam Poplar
Formerly Aigiros balsamifera, Aigiros × candicans, Populus candicans, Populus dudleyi, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. Russian Far East, Subarctic America to N. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 8.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -45.6 °C (USDA zone 2a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Ukrainian
- Тополя бальзамічна
- Czech
- topol balzámový
- Welsh
- poplysen falmaidd y Dwyrain
- German
- Balsam-Pappel
- Finnish
- palsamipoppeli
- Armenian
- Բարդի բալասանաբեր
- Dutch
- ontariopopulier, Ontariopopulier
- Swedish
- Balsampoppel
- Turkish
- Balsam kavağı
- Chinese
- 香脂杨
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Populus balsamifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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