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Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is considered one of the tallest hardwood trees in North America. This large, deciduous tree is located in Zones 1-6. It grows best in moist soil on ...

The root's aggressive growth can cause foundations to destabilize and crack, so you should avoid planting poplar trees close to the house. The good news is that you can easily avoid these issues ...

Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology and VIVES University College have developed a new method to genetically improve poplar trees without introducing foreign DNA into its ...

The authors modified the genetics of poplar trees to reduce the amount of lignin—an organic component that acts as the backbone to give trees its rigid and woody structure. By reducing the ...

Anyone with a poplar tree growing near their house is probably familiar with the massive volume of offspring produced by these trees in the fall. From October to the middle of winter, my ...

Hybrid poplars (Populus spp.) are among the fastest-growing trees in North America and well suited for certain conditions. Poplar hybrids are not desirable in many landscapes but can be of major ...

By Gabriel Popkin Photographs by Audra Melton On Monday, in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees. These weren ...

Steven Strauss was skeptical when he first heard about a poplar tree bioengineered to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air. The forest biotechnology expert knew that trees are difficult to ...

One-hundred-twenty some years ago, copper magnate Marcus Daly spearheaded the planting of thousands of trees in the Bitterroot Valley. His specially chosen poplar trees would enhance his landholdings.

These trees have a very vertical form and their leaves are elongated, sharply pointed, and have a shiny finish. Balsam Poplar also have very resinous sticky bud scales located below the leaves along ...

The tulip poplar tree is a native large deciduous tree ... This tree is one of the largest native trees in North America, and is the State tree of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana, the site ...