The balm-of-Gilead (Populus × jackii), also known as P. × gileadensis, is the hybrid between P. balsamifera and the eastern cottonwood (P. deltoides), occurring occasionally where the two parental species' ranges overlap. This hybrid is also sometimes planted as a shade tree, and sometimes escapes from cultivation. [9]

Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera, Linn.)-Large tree with stout trunk, 75 to 100 feet high. Bark grey, broken into broad ridges; branches greenish, smooth or with warty outgrowths. Wood pale, soft, compact, weak, light brown.

2023年2月7日 · Balm of Gilead poplar is an easy to grow, medium-sized, deciduous tree, with sticky buds and dark, furrowed bark, bearing catkins in spring before the leaves appear. It’s a member of the willow family, which means Balm of Gilead shares the same growth properties of other salicaceae members and is considered to be a fast-growing tree .

Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) is the northernmost American hardwood. It grows transcontinentally on upland and flood plain sites but attains the best development on flood plains. It is a hardy, fast-growing tree which is generally short lived, with some trees reaching 200 years.

2022年10月18日 · A hearty, fast-growing, deciduous tree, the balsam poplar—also called the Balm of Gilead—is native to North America. You’ll see it growing primarily in the eastern U.S., across much of Canada, and into Alaska, often near floodplains or natural water sources.

balsam poplar, North American poplar (Populus balsamifera), native from Labrador to Alaska and across the extreme northern U.S. Often cultivated as a shade tree, it has buds thickly coated with an aromatic resin that is used to make cough syrups. It grows best in northwestern Canada.

Balm of Gilead is the name used for a large native hybrid deciduous tree, growing to 80 feet in height and 2 to 3 feet in diameter with a pyramidal open crown. It has a straight trunk with ascending branches.

2020年4月10日 · Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) is often used to make the ever-popular Balm of Gilead. Poplar is a common wild edible, medicinal and useful tree in our area. (And some people think it’s trash! Cottonwoods to the south fill the spring air with fluff, which tends to get on peoples nerves for some reason.) Next month I’ll cover quaking aspen.

Balsam poplar,or Balm-of-Gilead, inhabits the borders of swamps and the low bottomlands along rivers throughout the state, except in York County. It gets its name from the fra-grance of the resinous, sticky buds.

Often referred to as Populus x gileadensis, a hybrid of P. deltoides and P. balsamifera, though Rehder calls it a separate species. Large, up to 100' in height, with a trunk diameter up to 6-1/2', and fast growing. Has many problems; weak wood and/or branch structure. Prefers abundant water. Zones 4-9.