rough-barked poplar

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, found throughout the forested areas of Canada.

Quotations

1887

The ash-leaved poplar, the rough barked poplar or Balm of Gilead . . . would be found to grow rapidly. . . .

1959

Often we found patches of rough-barked poplar, or balm of Gilead, growing straight to sixty feet with three-foot butts.