Basisdaten
description:
The gray poplar is a hybrid of aspen and white poplar and is found in the temperate zones of the earth.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Populus × canescens
other name:
Grey Poplar
family:
Willow family (Salicaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 30 m (99 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of Grey poplar are round to ovoid and slightly lobed. The lower leaf side is gray tomentose. The leaf-margin is notched.
leaf shape:
ovoid
leaf margin:
notched, lobed
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
April
blossom color:
reddish, green
blossom description:
The male catkins are gray to reddish. The female inflorescences (catkins) are greenish.
fruit:
The seeds are very small and forming white seed wool.
branches:
The twigs are greenish yellow to light gray with lenticels and leaf scars. The buds are oblong, brown and taper to a point.
bark:
The bark is whitish first smooth, later barky black.
root:
Shallow-rooting plant, extremely wide, root sprouts forming
location:
Sun to half-shade
soil:
all soils
ph value:
neutral to alkaline
usage:
single tree or planting in groups, pioneer plant
Poplars additional information
overview leaves | overview blossoms | overview fruit | overview trunk
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