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Tacamahaca
Populus trichocarpa. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Populus is a genus of 25–35 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.