Populus simaroa

Populus simaroa, the Balsas poplar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to central and southwestern Mexico.^[2] Unusually, it drops its leaves in the wet season and grows them out in the dry season.^[3] It may be conspecific with Populus guzmanantlensis.^[3]

Populus simaroa
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Populus
Species:	P. simaroa
Binomial name
Populus simaroa Rzed.