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Populus alba (Silver-leaf poplar; white poplar)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Populus alba, commonly called abele, silver poplar, silverleaf poplar, or white poplar, is a species of poplar, most closely related to the aspens (Populus sect. Populus). It is native from Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula through central Europe (north to Germany and Poland) to central Asia. It grows in moist sites, often by watersides, in regions with hot summers and cold to mild winters.
View Wikipedia Record: Populus alba

Infraspecies

Populus alba unranked
Populus alba var. pyramidalis

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Populus alba

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [3]  Dense
Screening - Winter [3]  Porous
Shade Percentage [1]  80 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium-High
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium
Adult Weight [2]  410 grams
Bloom Period [3]  Early Spring
Drought Tolerance [3]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [3]  High
Frost Free Days [3]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [3]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [3]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [3]  Spring
Growth Form [3]  Single Stem
Growth Period [3]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [3]  Rapid
Janka Hardness [2]  410 lbf (186 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [4]  Deciduous
Lifespan [5]  Perennial
Propagation [3]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [3]  24 inches (61 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Seed Vigor [3]  Medium
Shape/Orientation [3]  Erect
Specific Gravity [7]  0.39
Structure [4]  Tree
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Flower Color [3]  Yellow
Foliage Color [3]  Green
Fruit Color [3]  White
Fruit Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Height [1]  63 feet (19.1 m)
Width [1]  43 feet (13 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [6]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [6]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [6]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [6]  Moist
Water Use [1]  High to Moderate

Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Mutual (symbiont) 
Xerocomus silwoodensis[9]
Parasitized by 
Melampsora populnea[9]
Phellinus populicola[9]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 6ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 7Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10Diets of Hangul Deer Cervus elaphus hanglu (Cetartiodactyla: Cervidae) in Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India, G. Mustafa Shah, Ulfat Jan, Bilal A. Bhat & Fayaz A. Ahangar, Journal of Threatened Taxa | July 2009 | 1(7): 398-400
♦ 11New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0