Balsam Poplar – Populus Balsamifera: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Pop’lar Balm of Wild Plants
Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) is often used to make the ever-popular Balm of Gilead. Poplar is a common wild edible, medicinal and useful tree in our area. (And some people think it’s trash! Cottonwoods to the south fill the spring air with fluff, which tends to get on peoples nerves for some reason.) Next month …