Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Populus balsamifera L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Populus graeca Willd., Populus laurifolia, Populus simoni, Populus tacamahacca Mill

Common names:

Athenian poplar (1840) (19)

Balm-of-Gilead [Balm of Gilead] (1917) (57)

Balsam poplar (1818-Present) (1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 14, 20, 19, 40, 50, 57, 85, 91, 92, 93, 105, 108, 109, 112, 130, 131, 135, 138, 156, 157, 158)

Balsam tree (1785) (8)

Canadian poplar (1910, MT) (135)

Carolina poplar (1876-1932) (5, 85, 92, 156)

Certinensis poplar (1910, MT) (135)

Gilead buds (1929) (157)

Leaf-buds (1929) (157)

Man'asa'di (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Man-saté (1932, Chippewa, strange aspen) (105)

Ontario poplar (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Peuplier baumier (1785, French) (8)

Peuplier laird (1785, French) (8)

Poplar (1937, Neb) (112)

Rough-bark poplar [Rough bark poplar] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Simon's poplar [Simon poplar] (1923) (138)

Tacamahac [Tacamahaca] (1857-1949, Indian name) (2, 5, 14, 20, 92, 108, 109, 156, 157, 158)

Tacamahac poplar (1876) (92)

Tacamahac tree (1785) (8)