§1 Plant
Populus alba L.
vernacular white poplar — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Populus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 572 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–7
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 80 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 572 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Columbia 05027
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 57 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Iowa view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 50 I ▾
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Mason 21161
- Meade 21163
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 I ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Jackson 22049
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Martin 22099
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Houghton 26061
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chemung 36015
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Warren 42123
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Benton 47005
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Haywood 47075
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Macon 47111
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Perry 47135
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
Vermont view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 89 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAL7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3040233 ↗Record version
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