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Un majestueux peuplier delto\u00efde devant une petite maison l\u00e0 ou se rencontrent la 4\u00e8me et la 5\u00e8me avenue dans Rosemont.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ils peuplent les ruelles et les cours des quartiers denses et us\u00e9s, s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8vent au-dessus des triplex sans aucune g\u00eane et bordent les chemins de fer. Leurs feuilles s\u2019agitent au moindre coup de brise et de loin on dirait des milliers d\u2019oiseaux ou d\u2019insectes g\u00e9ants qui battent de leurs ailes sans pourtant s\u2019envoler. Au printemps ils font neiger leur pollen blanc sur la ville, \u00e0 l\u2019automne ils se rev\u00eatent d\u2019un jaune presque fluorescent, l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 ils chantent de tout leur feuillage et l\u2019hiver ils ne sifflent pas.<\/p>\n

Ce sont les peupliers delto\u00efdes<\/a>, que certains appellent (par erreur) faux-trembles, m\u00eame si leurs feuilles tremblent pour de vrai. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019une esp\u00e8ce indig\u00e8ne de l\u2019est du continent \u2013 une de seules esp\u00e8ces indig\u00e8nes qui soit capable de survivre en milieu urbain, en bordure de rue \u2013 et ceux qui aiment le fleuve St-Laurent savent que les liards (comme on les appelle parfois), eux-aussi, en sont friands. Ils croissent le long des berges un peu partout, surtout l\u00e0 o\u00f9 nous avons laiss\u00e9 la nature reprendre ses droits.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est \u00e7a, justement, qui fait du grand peuplier \u00e0 feuilles delto\u00efdes le v\u00e9ritable seigneur de l\u2019archipel de Montr\u00e9al\u00a0: personne ne l\u2019a jamais plant\u00e9 nulle part, parce qu\u2019il n\u2019est pas consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme \u00e9tant d\u2019une \u00ab\u00a0essence noble\u00a0\u00bb, parce que son bois est mou et donc \u00e0 toute fin pratique inutile et parce qu\u2019il fait aussi un mauvais bois de chauffage. En somme, on ne le plante pas parce qu\u2019il ne produit rien, rien d\u2019autre qu’un peu de po\u00e9sie et de petites graines emmitoufl\u00e9es qui s’envolent au printemps par milliers et qui tapissent les trottoirs de b\u00e9ton d’une sorte de velour blanc (de l\u00e0 le nom de “cotonnier” qu’on lui donne parfois).<\/p>\n

On ne le plante pas, mais il n\u2019a pas besoin d\u2019\u00eatre invit\u00e9 pour aller quelque part, il s\u2019immisce et s\u2019installe tout simplement l\u00e0 o\u00f9 le vide de l\u2019homme de lui permet. Il repr\u00e9sente ce qu\u2019il y a de sauvage, d\u2019incontr\u00f4lable et de gigantesque dans la nature urbaine. Il \u00e9tait l\u00e0 avant que l\u2019\u00eatre humain ne s\u2019\u00e9tablisse ici, et sera fort probablement encore ici quand nous ne le serons plus. Et en attendant les grands peupliers \u00e0 feuilles delto\u00efdes nous observent, tels de grands spectres \u00e0 la peau crevass\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Betty Smith \u00e9crit, en parlant du \u00ab\u00a0tree of heaven\u00a0\u00bb, qu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019un arbre qui \u00ab\u00a0aime les pauvres\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> parce qu\u2019il pousse (\u00e0 Brooklyn) l\u00e0 ou pousse la pauvret\u00e9, m\u00eame sans eau, sans espace et sans soleil. On pourrait dire la m\u00eame chose du cotonnier pour Montr\u00e9al, si ce n\u2019\u00e9tait du fait que son apparition n\u2019est pas tant un signe de d\u00e9liquescence urbaine qu\u2019un rappel de ce qu\u2019est Montr\u00e9al\u00a0: une ville sur une \u00eele au milieu d\u2019un fleuve, o\u00f9 cohabitent arbres plant\u00e9s et arbres trouv\u00e9s, condos neufs et vieux triplex, natifs et immigrants, riches et pauvres.<\/p>\n

Cela dit, le delto\u00efde est un peu comme le duplex italo-montr\u00e9alais en brique blanche\u00a0: il ne conna\u00eet les limites du 514 ou du 450 et se retrouve un peu partout dans le Grand Montr\u00e9al. Pour certains il rappelle la ville et ses nombreuses friches, mais en v\u00e9rit\u00e9 il appartient \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion tout enti\u00e8re. On peut donc dire que le cotonnier est l\u2019arbre m\u00e9tropolitain par excellence.\u00a0 \u00c0 preuve\u00a0: nous (les marcheurs de Marcher la r\u00e9gion<\/a>) l\u2019avons retrouv\u00e9 sur notre chemin tout au long de notre travers\u00e9e du Grand Montr\u00e9al (qui se tenait la fin de semaine du 30 juin, 1 et 2 juillet, voir ici le reportage de Radio-Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Pourquoi ne l\u2019adopter officiellement comme \u00ab\u00a0arbre-\u00e9tendard\u00a0\u00bb de la r\u00e9gion? Voil\u00e0 qui contribuerait \u00e0 b\u00e2tir un imaginaire m\u00e9tropolitain, un sentiment d\u2019appartenance \u00e0 l \u2018archipel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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