Populus grandidentata

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderMalpighiales
5. FamilySalicaceae

Native toConnecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan

Bigtooth aspen is found in pure aspen forest covers either singly or in various combinations with quaking aspen and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera). Balsam poplar is a minor component of this combination on the dry-mesic sites and bigtooth aspen is a minor component on the wet-mesic sites (4). The species is a major component of the forest cover type Aspen (Society of American Foresters Type 16) and is a minor component in the following types (8): 1 Jack Pine 5 Balsam Fir 14 Northern Pin Oak 15 Red Pine 17 Pin Cherry 18 Paper Birch 19 Gray Birch-Red Maple 21 Eastern White Pine 25 Sugar Maple-Beech-Yellow Birch 32 Red Spruce 33 Red Spruce-Balsam Fir 35 Paper Birch-Red Spruce-Balsam Fir 37 Northern White-Cedar 43 Bear Oak 46 Eastern Redcedar 60 Beech-Sugar Maple 108 Red Maple In the northern part of its range, common tree associates are quaking aspen, balsam poplar, balsam fir (Abies balsamea), paper birch (Betula papyrifera) gray birch (B. populifolia), jack pine (Pinus banksiana), red pine (P resinosa), red maple (Acer rubrum), and white spruce (Picea glauca). To the south and east, common tree associates are sugar maple (Acer saccharum), northern red oak Quercus rubra), bur oa