Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium


  Populus alba L. image
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Family Salicaceae
Populus alba L.
silver poplar, white poplar
Populus: Latin for "poplar," derivation obscure
alba: Latin for "white"
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Status: Introduced - persisting and spreading; ecologically invasive
Plant: perennial tree to 70' tall with whitish-gray bark with diamond-shaped marks; branches mostly widely spreading
Flower: 2"-3" long hanging catkin
Leaf:coarsely toothed or often with 3-7 palmate lobes; underside white-hairy
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Synonyms 
Populus alba L. var. bolleana (Lauche) Otto
Populus alba L. var. pyramidalis Bunge
         
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