Populus tremuloides (species)
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Eukaryota (domain) > planta (vegetación) > Angiospermae (division) > Magnoliopsida (class) > Malpighiales (order) > Salicaceae (family) > Populus (genus)
Descripción
Species of tall, fast-growing tree native to cooler areas of North America. The name refers to the tendency of leaves to tremble or quake in even a slight breeze due to their flattened petioles. It is most easily distinguished from a similar European species, P. tremula, by the shape of its leaves, which have more pointed tips, and by growing via root suckers: it propagates itself primarily through root sprouts, and extensive clonal colonies are common. The leaves are food for various insects. A substance in the bark was extracted by Native Americans and the pioneers of the American West as a quinine substitute. The soft, weak wood is used as paper pulp and for other purposes.
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Otros términos
- Populus tremuloides (species) [en]
- Populus tremuloides (species) [la]
- American aspen (species) [en]
- American quaking aspen (species) [en]
- quaking aspen (American, species) [en]
- American poplar (species) [en]
- peuplier faux-tremble (d'Amérique, species) [fr]
- tremble (d'Amérique, species) [fr]
- tremble d'Amérique (species) [fr]
- amerikanische Espe (species) [de]