Populus alba L.
Detail
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Botanical Name
- Populus alba L.
- Common Name
- White Poplar, Silver Poplar
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Populus alba L.
- Comments
- Herbarium specimens need critical evaluation, as this species is frequently confused with the similar Populus x canescens, a hybrid of P. alba and the European aspen P. tremula. Specimen annotations by the FNA author for Populus make clear that at least some of the mapped records for P. alba are in fact P. x canescens. See map and comments for P. x canescens.
- Habitat
- Old fields, roadsides, and forest edges, naturalized through escape from cultivation. Frequent throughout, often suckering into large colonies where established.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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