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Populus nigra L., 1753

🇬🇧 Black-poplar

🇫🇷 Peuplier commun noir, Peuplier noir

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • Family: Salicaceae
  • Subfamily: Salicoideae
  • Genus: Populus
  • Species: Populus nigra

Forms

Populus nigra f. betulifolia
Populus nigra f. italica
Populus nigra f. nigra

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): DD Data Deficient

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • subsp. caudina (Ten.) Bugała, 1967: hairy petioles, caudate leaves, P (het. syn. P. nigra subsp. neapolitana (Ten.) Maire, 1932);
  • subsp. nigra
    • f. betulifolia (Pursh) I.V.Belyaeva, 2020: spread habit, caudate leaves;
    • f. italica (Münchh.) A.Andersen, 1910: narrow, upright habit, M (hom. syn. P. nigra var. italica Münchh., 1770);
    • f. nigra L., 1753: spread habit, non-caudate leaves, P.

Photographs

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Populus nigra
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Populus nigra
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Populus nigra
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Populus nigra - Trunk
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Populus nigra
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Populus nigra
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Populus nigra - Bark

Sources