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European aspen

Populus tremula

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 17,445, February 12,885, March 20,188, April 31,760, May 45,793, June 49,934, July 53,433, August 45,952, September 33,737, October 25,182, November 13,761, December 10,755.
United States360,874
Alaska360,824
Russia17,763
Moscow Oblast2,080
Finland1,288
Moscow1,273
United Kingdom1,232
Germany1,224
Ukraine1,123
Austria1,032

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderNances, Willows, and Allies · Malpighiales
Familywillow family · Salicaceae
Genuspoplars, cottonwoods, and aspens · Populus

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