Talk:Populus heterophylla

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swamp poplar is not a cottonwood

The Swamp Poplar is not a type of cottonwood.

These trees lived in the Georgia Okefenokee Swamp Area and are currently believed to be extinct. True giants among trees of North America, many of these trees dwarfed the great Redwoods of California. Cut down for lumber by early Georgians, the trees were known to take up to thirty people or more to encompass them. True Swamp Poplars were the most common type of specialty-wood Poplar used for furniture, musical instruments and other such items. Today, Yellow Poplar serves this purpose.

Had leaves and flowers similar but much larger than the common Yellow Poplar.

Most Distinguishing Characteristic: Grew only in swampy areas and possessed 'Knees' similar to a Cypress.

A silver photo of the very last tree in existence used to be found on display in the Okefenokee Swamp museum/ Park offices. The picture was taken just before that tree was cut down.

Little more is known about these magnificent specimens.

Today, the nearly extinct Eastern Chestnut is the largest growing species still in Georgia, but they are extremely rare due to the Asian Chestnut blight and illegal harvesting.

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Evaluation of page

The material is organized and focused on the plant. It is easily understandable but it seems to only be an overview of the plant. Most of the evidence/references are from reliable sources, but some of the links no longer work. Content in this article needs to be expanded as possible, and reorganized into sections such as location, size, and things like this.

There is no real introduction to this article since it is only two paragraphs total. The key points are hit, but there seems to only be two which are size and location. There are no headings or subheadings. The images are helpful to the information. The coverage is neutral but there is not much information to go off of.

I plan on fixing the taxonomic rank, typos that are in the article and reorganize the information into more direct sections, as well as adding to these sections with any more information found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lnogrady (talk • contribs) 14:41, 3 March 2020 (UTC)