Populus nigraL. Black Poplar

Populus nigraL. - Black Poplar

Scientific Description:

Tree to 30(−35) m with broad crown. Bark thick, on older trunks blackish, deeply fissured. Buds reddish-brown, ± glabrous but viscous. Young shoots terete, not longitudinally ribbed, yellowish-brown at first, later greyish. Leaves 5−10(−12) × 4−8(−15) cm, dark green and lustrous, without glands near petiole, with translucent margin. Leaves of long shoots large, broadly deltoid or deltoid, usually broader than long, truncate or rounded at base, acute, obtusely dentate. Leaves of short shoots smaller, rhombic-ovate, longer than broad, cuneate at base, distinctly acuminate, minutely crenate-serrate. Petiole 3−6 cm. Fruiting catkins to 16 cm. Capsule ovoid, 2-valved.

 

subsp. nigra

Young shoots, leaves, petioles and rachis of young catkins glabrous.

 

Flowering time: March−April.

Habitat: River valleys, stream banks, lakesides, 160−1400 m.

 

Reference:

Browicz K & Yaltırık F(1982). Populus nigra L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 719.

Public Description:

Populus nigra, commonly known as “black poplar”, grows naturally in Central and Southern Europe, Southwest and Central Asia, the Caucasus and Northwest Africa. The black poplar is a medium or tall decidious tree reaching 30 m and seldom reaches 40 m in height. The leaves and shoots of this plant are glabrous and the tree bark is grey-brown, thick and furrowed. It blooms between March and April and is found in river valleys, stream banks and lakesides. Because it is a easily produced plant, it is cultivated widely. It is grown as a fence plant and on the edges of streams. It is also grown for timber production.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_nigra /,Accessed date: 05.08.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016) https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=populus+nigra /,Accessed date: 05.08.2016

Mataracı T (2012) Populus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 838.