The Salicaceae are a family, the willow family, of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae sensu stricto) included the willows, poplar, aspen, and cottonwoods. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species, including the Scyphostegiaceae and many of the former Flacourtiaceae. Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar /ˈpɒp.lər/, aspen, and cottonwood. Learn more about Poplar and willow
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Arctic Willow (4 videos) | Salix arctica | Not Available |
Balsam Poplar (4 videos) | Populus balsamifera | Not Available |
Blueberry Willow (1 videos) | Salix myrtillifolia | Not Available |
Cottonwood (47 videos) | Populus fremontii | Not Available |
European Aspen (1 videos) | Populus tremula | Not Available |
Gasp ( videos) | Salix x gaspensis | Not Available |
Park Willow (0 videos) | Salix monticola | Not Available |
Plains Cottonwood (1 videos) | Populus deltoides | Not Available |
Pussy Willow (7 videos) | Salix discolor | Not Available |
Quaking Aspen (23 videos) | Populus tremuloides | Not Available |
Snow Willow (1 videos) | Salix nivalis | Not Available |
White Poplar (21 videos) | Populus alba | Not Available |
White Willow (1 videos) | Salix alba | Not Available |
Willow (0 videos) | Salix gilgiana | Not Available |