THE GENUS populus (aspen / poplar (cottonwood) species) IN NORTH AMERICA
NOTE: this does NOT include "yellow poplar" / "tulip poplar"
which is commonly sold as "poplar" in lumber yards but which
is NOT actually a poplar (it's Liriodendron tulipifera)
This list is extracted from a wood-name list of some 26,000 species and 140,000 common names that I have accumulated over the years.
Some notes/caveats about the species listed here and the common names associated with them.
First, I have removed many species and common names. The common names I removed were all, as far as I could tell, names which are only used in countries other than the USA. These were mostly Spanish but also numerous French, German, various Asian languages, and occasional others. The species that were removed were ones which, as far as I could tell with a quick look, do not grow in North America.
Lastly, I do NOT believe that this list is comprehensive, even given the caveats above, but it will give a strong sense of the number of populus species that grow in North America that have either aspen or cottonwood as all or part of their common names and the common names that are associated with them.
Apologies for the inappropriate lack of capitalization on the Genus name throughout and on the proper names such as "california".
To see the list in the following form with the aspen common names bolded, click here: SPECIES ORDER
SPECIES NAME
[n] ALL COMMON NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIES ( [n] is the number of such common names )
To see the list in the following form with the poplar / cottonwood common names bolded, click here: SPECIES ORDER
SPECIES NAME
[n] ALL COMMON NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIES ( [n] is the number of such common names )
To see the list in the following form, click here: COMMON NAME ORDER
COMMON NAME
[n] ALL SPECIES WITH THAT COMMON NAME ( [n] is the number of such species )