Populus
Populus
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Populus is a genus of trees common in the northern hemisphere. They are often called just poplars. The genus has 25–35 species in three sub-groups, which are called poplars, aspens, and cottonwoods.
The September 2006 issue of Science announced that the Western balsam poplar (P. trichocarpa) was the first tree to have its full DNA code sequenced.[2]
Reproduction
The flowers are mostly dioecious (rarely monoecious) and appear in early spring before the leaves. They are borne in long, drooping catkins. The male flower has a group of 4–60 stamens on a disk. The female flower is a single-celled ovary in a cup-shaped disk.
Pollination is by wind. The fruit is a two-to-four-valved capsule, is green to reddish-brown, and matures in the mid-summer. It contains tiny light brown seeds surrounded by tufts of long, soft, white hairs, which help wind dispersal.[3][4][5]
Ecology
Poplars of the cottonwood section are often wetlands or riparian trees.[6] The aspens are among the most important boreal broadleaf trees.[3]
Poplars and aspens are important food plants for the larvae of many Lepidoptera species. Pleurotus populinus, the aspen oyster mushroom, is found exclusively on dead wood of Populus trees in North America.
References
- ↑ "Genus Populus (poplars)". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ↑ Joint Genome Institute: Populus trichocarpa
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Meikle R.D. 1984. Willows and poplars of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook N#4. ISBN 0-901158-07-0.
- ↑ Rushforth K. 1999. Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- ↑ Keeler H.L. (1900). Our native trees and how to identify them. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons. pp. 410–412.
- ↑ Riparian: along river margins and banks.
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