Index / Search / Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera
§1 Plant
Populus balsamifera L. ssp. balsamifera
vernacular balsam poplar — subspecies · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Populus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 243 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 243 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 17 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Bristol Bay 02060
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Colorado view state ↗ 14 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wadena 27159
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wyoming 36121
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POBAB2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7266732 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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