小叶杨是耐干旱、抗寒、抗风沙、适应性较强的优良树种。山西省太原市南郊区小店公社小马大队观音堂庙前有两株古老的小叶杨,树龄已有200多年。其中一株树高25米,树冠东西11米,南北8米,胸围4.55米,生长茂盛。另一株高24米,树冠东西5米,南北5米,胸围4.5米,这株树下部被人剥去树皮,只保留了一部分树皮输送营养,使植株长势减弱。在山西地区,除有百年以上的 Populus tomentosa is resistant to drought, cold, wind sand, good adaptability of the tree species. Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, the southern suburbs of the commune pony brigade a Buddism godness Guanyin temple temple in front of two ancient poplar, age more than 200 years. One of the trees is 25 meters high, with 11 meters of crown, 8 meters from north to south and 4.55 meters from chest. It grows exuberantly. Another plant height of 24 meters, the crown of things 5 ​​meters, 5 meters north and south, chest 4.5 meters, the lower part of this tree was stripped of bark, leaving only part of the bark transport nutrients, so that plants weaken. In Shanxi Province, except for more than a century