Colonel William A. Phillips

Populus laurifolia, the laurel poplar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Mongolia, and Xinjiang in China.[1][2] It hybridizes readily with other species of poplar, and has high genetic variation.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Populus laurifolia Ledeb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Populus laurifolia laurel poplar". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ Talbot, Patricia; Schroeder, William R.; Bousquet, Jean; Isabel, Nathalie (2012). "When exotic poplars and native Populus balsamifera L. Meet on the Canadian Prairies: Spontaneous hybridization and establishment of interspecific hybrids". Forest Ecology and Management. 285: 142–152. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.036.