Leaves and branches of Tacamahaca or Balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, and heart-leaved balsam poplar, Populus candicans.


Leaves and branches of Tacamahaca or Balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, and heart-leaved balsam poplar, Populus candicans. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa, engraved on copper by Gabriel, from Francois Andre Michaux's "North American Sylva," Philadelphia, 1857. French botanist Michaux (1770-1855) explored America and Canada in 1785 cataloging its native trees.


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