the balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, found throughout the forested areas of Canada.
See also: Balm of Gilead
- 1887  The ash-leaved poplar, the rough barked poplar or Balm of Gilead . . . would be found to grow rapidly. . . .
- 1959  Often we found patches of rough-barked poplar, or balm of Gilead, growing straight to sixty feet with three-foot butts.