White Poplar is a fairly common European import found in waste places. New sprouts frequently spring up from the roots; it is most often seen as a colony of small trees.
The uppersides of the maple-like leaves are dark green and very shiny.
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| White Poplar is a fairly common European import found in waste places. New sprouts frequently spring up from the roots; it is most often seen as a colony of small trees. The uppersides of the maple-like leaves are dark green and very shiny. |
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| The highly contrasting leaf undersides are densely white-woolly. |
More information:
PCA Alien Plant Working Group
Virginia Tech Dendrology
Revised 10/18/05 cwcook@duke.edu
All photographs and text ©2005 by Will Cook unless otherwise indicated.