##  [Hybrid Poplars: The New Addition to Syncrude's Land Reclamation Species](/resource/hybrid-poplars-new-addition-syncrudes-land-reclamation-species) 

Organization

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

[Syncrude Canada Ltd. (SCL)](/organization/syncrude-canada-ltd-scl)

 

 

Project

[Alberta Chapter CLRA Conference Papers](/project/alberta-chapter-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Martin Fung

 

 

Original Authors

Martin Fung

 

 

Resource Date:

1991

 

Page Length

10

 

 

Field survival and growth of three hybrid poplar varieties, Walker (Populus deltoides  
x Populus petrowskyana), Northwest (Populus deltoides x Populus balsamifera) and 38P38  
(Populus balsamifera x Populus simonii) were compared to those of the native Balsam poplar  
(Populus balsamifera L.) in a study at the Syncrude tailings dyke. Survival rates over a  
three-year period were 98.7 percent for Northwest and 100 percent for Walker, 38P38 and  
Balsam. Mean height increment of each of the hybrid varieties significantly exceeded that  
of the native poplar. Subsequently, hybrid poplars are now proven suitable for addition  
to Syncrude's list of operational land reclamation tree species.