Plant Identification

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  • Angiosperms
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  • Populus
    . Leaves are usually ovate and long petioled. Twigs are slender to stout and have buds covered with several imbricated scales. Terminal buds are present with the lowest scale of lateral directly above the leaf scar.

  • Quaking Aspen (P. tremuloides)
  • Bigtooth Aspen (P. grandidentata)
  • Eastern Cottonwood (P. deltoides)
  • Balsam Poplar (P. balsamifera)
  • Black Cottonwood (P. trichocarpa)
  • Swamp Cottonwood (P. heterophylla)
  • White Poplar (P. alba)
  • Lombardy Poplar (P. nigra)