The white poplar, known botanically as Populus alba, is generally an unassuming tree in the landscape until the wind blows. Then the silvery white underside of the leaves flash, complementing the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state ... the leaves of the yellow poplar look like tulips. For this reason, the tree ...

A massive tulip poplar ... state’s biggest tree for its species. It is 126 feet tall, has a 217 inch circumference, and an average canopy spread of 67 feet. It has tulip shaped green leaves ...

Hybrid poplar tree leaves might contain the ingredients for the biodegradable plastics of the future. Researchers Steven Strauss and Ganti Murthy of Oregon State University are using a grant from ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves ... poplar in a very general sense. However, a young tree ...