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Salicaceae
Populus

not marked as a favorite taxon Populus ×jackii Sargent. Common name: Balm-of-Gilead. Phenology: Apr. Habitat: Bottomlands, riverbanks, streambanks, spread from cultivation. Distribution: P. ×jackii is locally abundant along the New River in Watauga, Ashe, and Alleghany counties, North Carolina and downstream into Virginia.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This cultivar is of uncertain origin, considered by some to be a hybrid P. balsamifera × deltoides, by others to be an atypical pistillate clone of P. balsamifera Linnaeus. The cultivar 'gileadensis' is distinguished from the typical form by the petioles densely and stiffly pubescent (vs. petioles glabrous).

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA7, GrPl, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, Pa, Tn, Eckenwalder (1984), not formally treated; = n/a — Tat; = Populus ×ontariensis Loiseleur — POWO; = Populus balsamifera × deltoides — NY; = Populus candicans W. Aiton — G, RAB, S, S13, misapplied; > Populus ×gileadensis Rouleau — F, W, WV; > Populus ×jackii Sarg. — F. Basionym: Populus ×jackii Sarg. 1913

Links to other floras: = Populus ×jackii - FNA7

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Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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