*Populus ×jackii Sargent. Balm-of-Gilead. Phen: Apr. Hab: Bottomlands, riverbanks, streambanks, spread from cultivation. Dist: P. ×jackii is locally abundant along the New River in Watauga, Ashe, and Alleghany counties, NC and downstream into VA.

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, FNA7, GrPl, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, Pa, Tn, Eckenwalder (1984); = Populus balsamifera × deltoides – NY; = Populus candicans Aiton – G, RAB, S, misapplied; > Populus ×gileadensis Rouleau – F, W, WV; > Populus ×jackii Sarg. – F

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