Day: June 26, 2022

#269 They called me Populus tremula, also known as Populus sieboldii, Populus tremula var. sieboldii, Populus rotundifolia var. bonatii, and Populus bonatii. I pay homage to the male botanists Bonat (I couldn’t find his records), and Philipp Franz von Siebold, or Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Xinjiang, and Yugoslavia.