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20-09-2010, 01:33 PM
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| | | Poplar ID please
Taken today on survey, tree had no bosses so I ruled out Populus nigra but no glands on the leaf so possibly rules out Populus x canadensis but looks a younger tree so could be one of these species or something else, a nasty confusing hybrids perhaps?     |
20-09-2010, 01:39 PM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
How about one of the tacamahaca x tricocarpa clones? (TT32) |
21-09-2010, 01:01 PM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
As above, TT32 images taken yesterday.   
Similar? - very difficult to do with just images. |
21-09-2010, 08:48 PM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
Hmm bark and leaves look similar but your trees look much taller, Lombardy poplar like, plus the leaf undersides here look more white/shiney, mine wasn't but does not mean it wasn't it! Woodman what is TT32?
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21-09-2010, 09:37 PM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
TT32 = tacomahaca x tricocarpa clone 32 - a common commercial strain of balsam poplar. See Balsam poplar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The exposed roadside trees in my images reflect the cloned nature - consistent growth, open grown specimens which may make them appear taller but not like Lombardies. The images might make the undersides of the leaves look whitish but in reality they are not. That's why it's difficult to ID this group from images.
The estate or landowner might be able to help with species planted from records. Yours does look like one of the "vigorous" hybrid species, maybe assisted by the good substrate. |
22-09-2010, 08:46 AM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
Thanks for the info Woodman I regret not getting a picture of the whole tree from a distance (this would have meant trampling onto arable land or walking on canal water!). |
23-09-2010, 07:39 AM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
I think im happy to go with TT32, although flicking through my Collins tree guide the Populus x canadensis "Robusta" seems another possible candidate but the leaf maybe too large (difficult to tell in a book). Bloody hybrids and the like! |
23-09-2010, 08:20 AM
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| | | Re: Poplar ID please
Yes, robusta is a popular choice, also serotina (x canadensis). Perhaps something to do availabilty. Then availability is driven by disease, canker and rust resilience!
An overlooked group of trees in general with so many pitfalls waiting to catch the unwary! | | |
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