1. Other products were jade, rushes, tamarisk and balsam poplar.

2. 4 Other products were jade, rushes, tamarisk and balsam poplar.

3. Plants as varied as the wild violet, hibiscus and balsam poplar have Cordate leaves in common

4. In the September 2006 issue of Science Magazine, the Joint Genome Institute announced that the western balsam poplar (P. trichocarpa) was the first tree whose full DNA code had been determined by DNA sequencing.

5. The highest species diversity — expressed by the Shannon-index — and the highest proportion of endogeic species, particularlyAporrectodea caliginosa Savigny 1826, were calculated for the two stands with a mixture of alder and balsam poplar.

6. Succession begins with the invasion of newly deposited alluvium by willows (Salix spp.) and develops through a willow–alder (Alnustenuifolia Nutt.) stage to forest stands of balsam poplar (Populusbalsamifera L.), followed by white spruce (Piceaglauca (Moench) Voss), and finally black spruce (Piceamariana (Mill.)