Populus laurifolia, the laurel poplar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Mongolia, and Xinjiang in China. It hybridizes readily with other species of poplar, and has high genetic variation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Laurel-leaved Poplar being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Populus simonii
- Populus trichocarpa
- Populus longifolia
- Populus suaveolens
- Populus angustifolia
- Populus balsamifera
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
- Species
- Populus laurifolia
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