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Poplar, Aspen, Cottonwood

Family, Genus: Salicaceae, Populus

Size  26 - 40 um
Shape  spheroidal
Exine  .5 um thick
Intine 1 - 1.2 um thick
Pores/furrows  none
Sculpting  scabrate
Bloom Period  March to May
Allergenicity  Moderate, can cause hay fever

Thumbnails:
     
          Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides

Dr. M. Davis images:
Cottonwood         Balsam Poplar

References:

Bassett, John, Clifford Crompton and John Parmelee.  An Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains and Common Fungus Spores of Canada.  Canada Department of Agriculture, 1978. 

Jelks, Mary, M.D.  Allergy Plants that Cause Sneezing and Wheezing.  World Wide Printing, Tampa, 1986. 

Kapp, Ronald O.  Pollen and Spores, Second Edition.  The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, 2000. 

Lewis, Walter H., Prathibha Vinay and Vincent E. Zenger.  Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America.  The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1983. 


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