my neighbour and i just noticed these ugly bumps all over the leaves of her alder tree i think she said, don't quote me, they are green on the top side and a rusty yellow/brown on the bottom....what are they, and how do we get rid of them? thank you! i tell her you people are just amazing....trying to get her to join as she loves gardening....thanks again!
unfortunately we checked the online info about poplar trees and found not a single one that matches...these bumps are on a good 60% of all the leaves but the tree looks healthy otherwise. there is no noticeable bug activity on tree or under it.
Next time use this site. I found what appears to be the appropriate page in seconds. http://pnwhandbooks.org/plantdisease/poplar-populus-sp-leaf-blister
thanks again. definitely leaf blister. we had looked together through 3 pages of google 'suggested sights' for our question...nothing matched. i told my girlfriend its time to find a better search engine!