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| binomial = ''Populus balsamifera''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms = {{species list
|*''Populus tacamahacca|'' <small>[[Philip Miller|Mill.]]</small>
|*''Populus candicans|'' <small>Aiton}}</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=GRIN />
| range_map = Populus balsamifera range map 1.png
}}
'''''Populus balsamifera''''', almennt kölluð '''balsamösp''', <ref>{{ name=PLANTS>|id=POBA2|taxon=Populus balsamifera|accessdate=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref>Peattie, Donald Culross. 1991. ''A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 100.</ref> er norðlægasta harðviðartegundin í Norður Ameríku. Þetta er harðgert, skammlíft en fljótvaxið tré, sem getur þó náð 200 ára aldri.<ref name=sylvics>{{Silvics |first1=John C. |last1=Zasada |first2=Howard M. |last2=Phipps |volume=2 |genus=Populus |species=balsamifera |accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref>
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