Wild Sarsparilla and Poplar Trees on the road to Hypipamee Crater from Yungaburra

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Poplar

Large, stately trees which are widely used for street and avenue plantings, parks and garens, large properties, shelter belt planting and along driveways. Poplars are probably best known by the stately Lombary Poplar, widely planted in temperate Australia, however several styles of poplar are available including some newer introductions with improved form and functionality. Poplars are excellent for use in soil conservation areas for erosion control, are tolerant of air pollution and coastal areas and can be used in exposed sites.

Wild Sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis is a 1-2 foot tall shrub common to the forest understories of southern New England. It produces tiny white flowers in spherical clusters beneath the compound leaves, which ripen into blue-black berries in mid-summer. The rhisome of wild sarsaparilla has a sweet, aromatic taste, and sometimes has substituted for sassafras in the making of home-made root beer.

Description source: Fleming’s Nurseries, Go Botany

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