Balsam PoplarPopulus balsamiferaSaliacaceae
 
 
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Classificationbalsam poplar
Height:20 - 30 m
Leaf:crenate, comes to a point
Bloom:March – April, catkins
Fruit:12 – 14 cm long catkins
Branches:light brown to brown
Bark:scabby
Root:shallow root
Location:sun
Soil:sandy-loamy to clayey
ph-value:slightly acidic to slightly alkalescent
Diseases: balsam poplar
Leaf necrosis
Small black spots that grow together to form larger spots. Not dangerous for the tree.
 
Other Broadleaf Foliar Diseases (Melampsora larici-populina)
 
 
Disease of the shoot ends
Black colored leaves, dried out shoot ends.
Poplar spiral gall aphid (Pemphigus spirothecae PASS.)
Not dangerous for the tree.
Canker (Nectria galligena):
Fungi that leads to the breaking off of bark. Affected twigs and branches should be removed and burned. If the trunk is affected, then an expert should be called to remove canker.
  
 Fungi
Polyporus rheades
Poria obliqua