Wood is light, soft and weak.
Heartwood is reddish-yellow and sapwood nearly white. Grouse eat the buds and catkins in winter and spring. Rabbits and browsers eat the twigs, tender bark and foliage, and beavers and porcupines feed on the bark and wood. This tree is more a liability than an asset in most settings. Pyramidalis,' the Bolleana poplar, with a narrow, columnar crown, has all the limitations mentioned above.