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Populus balsamifera L.

Populus balsamifera L.

Populus balsamifera
Photo: Lynden Gerdes @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. · Public domain

Populus balsamifera L.. Populus balsamifera, commonly called balsam poplar, bam, bamtree, eastern balsam-poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac poplar, tacamahaca, is a tree species in the balsam poplar species group in the poplar genus, Populus. The genus name Populus is from the Latin for poplar, and the specific epithet balsamifera from Latin for "balsam-bearing".

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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