This is the best accession among 24 hybrids tested at Pullman. This hybrid was selected from a large planting of hybrids at the Bellingham Soil Conservation Service Nursery. This windbreak type of poplar has had exceptional growth at Prosser under irrigation, averaging more than 3 to 4 feet per year. The form is somewhat narrow, but wider than Lombardy poplar. This hybrid has good density throughout the crown.
Reproduction is by cuttings.
This use-group is large evergreen trees. They are used in the leeward row of windbreaks, or as the principal or only species in one or more row windbreaks, or as individual trees. These trees furnish excellent winter cover for wildlife. Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa is the check species. Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa P-8668 Ponderosa pine is common throughout the intermountain region and is one of the principal timber species for the area.