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Populus grandidentata, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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Populus grandidentata

Large-tooth aspen · also Big-tooth aspen, American aspen, Canadian poplar

Deciduous
827
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
14
cities
7.9 in
median trunk (20 cm, 807 measured)

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Populus grandidentata, also known as large-tooth aspen or big-tooth aspen, is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America. It is a temperate species with a conservation status of "least concern".

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Ottawa · Canada
    268—7.9 in
  2. Halifax · Canada
    136—9.3 in
  3. Winnipeg · Canada
    109—2.4 in
  4. Montreal · Canada
    724.0 yr2.0 in
  5. New York City · United States
    49—7.5 in
  6. Mississauga · Canada
    49—13 in
  7. Toronto · Canada
    43—7.1 in
  8. Kingston · Canada
    38—10 in
  9. Quebec City · Canada
    37—15 in
  10. Ajax · Canada
    10—28 in
  11. Boston · United States
    832 yr19 in
  12. Moncton · Canada
    5—28 in
  13. Calgary · Canada
    2—20 in
  14. Burlington · United States
    1—16 in

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous

Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.9 in, mean 10 in, 90th percentile 22 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • New England-Acadian forests
  • Western Great Lakes forests

Other Populus in the catalogue

28 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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