{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image= |status=VU |status_system=IUCN3.1 |status_ref=<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Machuca Machuca, K. |author2=Martínez Salas, E. |author3=Samain, M.-S. |year=2021 |title=''Populus simaroa'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T126620203A126621073 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T126620203A126621073.en |access-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> |genus=Populus |species=simaroa |authority=Rzed. }}
'''''Populus simaroa''''', the '''Balsas poplar''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to central and southwestern Mexico.<ref name="POWO_208330-2" >{{cite POWO |id=208330-2 |title=''Populus simaroa'' Rzed. |access-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Unusually, it drops its leaves in the wet season and grows them out in the dry season.<ref name="Poplars_and_willows" >{{cite book |chapter=Poplars and willows of the world, with emphasis on silviculturally important species |title=Poplars and willows: Trees for society and the environment |year=2014 |last1=Dickmann |first1=D. I. |last2=Kuzovkina |first2=J. |pages=8–91 |doi=10.1079/9781780641089.0008 |isbn=978-1-78064-108-9 }}</ref> It may be conspecific with ''Populus guzmanantlensis''.<ref name="Poplars_and_willows" />
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simaroa Category:Endemic flora of Mexico Category:Flora of Southwestern Mexico Category:Flora of Central Mexico Category:Plants described in 1975
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