"I've reviewed the popular literature for you, polled my About Forestry forum and the Internet for the most popular trees and compiled these frequently requested trees to use as a starting place," writes Steve Nix. And yes, for those of you who love to mangle a word for a laugh, a type of "poplar" tree does make Steve's list of 10 most popular trees in North America, as does flowering dogwood (see picture).

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