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The poplar yesterday and today
A bit of history…
Contemporaries of Virgil used this tree to
store the fruit during the winter covering it with poplar sawdust, since the
bark and the buds contain essences with antiseptic properties. In Roman
Age it was considered that even the poplar had medical properties, it was used
indeed to prepare infusions to cure from illand its gems were used to treat
burns.
…Today
The poplar is often used in the parks – like
that where it winds the
Since it is a tree that grows very quickly, for
its high efficiency at transforming sun energy in biomass, the poplar is
cultivated in order to have wood for plywood, boxes and matches (because it is
a bed heat conductor and burns slowly) and especially to produce paste to the paper
industy.
