What are the characteristics and uses of the white poplar?
The white poplar is a common deciduous tree, generally 15 to 30 m tall, with silvery-white bark. The white poplar is often seen in daily life. What characteristics does the white poplar have? What uses does it have?
1. Characteristics of the white poplar
1. Strong vitality: the white poplar has very strong vitality and can often be seen along roadsides and beside field ridges. It does not demand rainwater, nor is it greedy for sunlight. On the hardest loess soil, with just a little moisture, a single branch can take root and sprout.
2. Tall and upright: no matter what the environment, the white poplar grows very tall and straight. It generally grows to 15 m to 30 m.
3. Tolerant of dryness and drought: the white poplar generally lives in the northwest region of our country and can still survive in environments of more than minus 40 degrees. It is planted in many provinces and cities, including Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.
2. Uses of the white poplar
The white poplar has very strong adaptability, and its tree form is very tall and upright. Its silvery-white leaves give off a special shimmer under sunlight, so it has a certain ornamental value. The white poplar can be used as an ornamental tree and a street tree, and it can also windproof and fix sand, conserve soil and reinforce embankments. The white poplar is also often used for afforestation of barren sand. The white poplar also has a certain medicinal value. The branches and leaves extracted from the white poplar contain salicylic acid, which can be used to reduce pain and treat fever. The bark of the white poplar has the effect of dispelling wind and reducing phlegm, and can also be used to treat wind arthralgia, athlete's foot, bruises and blood stasis, dysentery during pregnancy, toothache, mouth sores and other symptoms. The white poplar also has many uses: it can be used as firewood, and can also be used to make home furnishings, farm tools and so on.
3. The spirit of the white poplar
Although the white poplar is a very common tree, people have endowed it with the spirit of striving for the best, standing firm and unbending, and being indomitable. The white poplar is not afraid of wind and rain; wherever it is needed on the loess soil, it can grow there. Moreover, no matter what environment the white poplar encounters, it is always very upright and stubborn, and is a green ornament on the loess soil. The white poplar also does not need people to fertilize or water it.
The white poplar can often be seen in the northwest region, and people have endowed it with a fine spirit. In daily life we should protect the white poplar.