. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 126. — Rydberg's Cottonwood. 6. BALSAM POPLAR — Populus balsamifera Linnaeus The Balsam poplar, or Tacamahac, inhabits either moist or dry soil, but prefers river and lake shores and the edges of swamps, sometimes reaching a height of 30 meters or more, with a trunk 2 to meters in diameter. It is dis- tributed from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay and Alaska, south to Maine, Vermont, western New York, Michigan, South D
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 126. — Rydberg's Cottonwood. 6. BALSAM POPLAR — Populus balsamifera Linnaeus The Balsam poplar, or Tacamahac, inhabits either moist or dry soil, but prefers river and lake shores and the edges of swamps, sometimes reaching a height of 30 meters or more, with a trunk 2 to meters in diameter. It is dis- tributed from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay and Alaska, south to Maine, Vermont, western New York, Michigan, South Dakota, Wyo- ming, and Oregon. The bark of old trunks is up to cm. thick, reddish gray and ridged, that of young stems thinner and light brown or gray. The young twigs are round, stout, somewhat hairy, becoming smooth, reddish brown and shining. Fig. 127. — Balsam Poplar. finally gray. The very resinous buds are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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