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Old 06-05-2009, 07:44 PM
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Re: A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

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Originally Posted by davidbr View Post
Oh, one more thing.

At Great Elm, Somerset on May 2nd I found & photographed a poplar by the river that is given by Atlas Flora of Somerset as Balm-of-Gilead, Populus candicans. The only trouble is, that name doesn't seem to exist

It's not on the BSBI database, nor Stace's Interactive Flora of NW Europe, and I can't figure out what the new name is, if any. Can anyone give me a clue?
This one has gone through a variety of name changes over the years. Stace has it as Populus x jackii.
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