Populus alba

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Species Distribution Map
Family:SALICACEAE
Species:Populus alba L.
Common Name:White Poplar; Silver Poplar
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:POAL7
Plant Notes:White Poplar is an introduced deciduous tree in the Willow family (Salicaceae). It in native from northern Africa across central and southern Europe into central Asia. In Alabama it occurs throughout the state. White Poplar grows around old home sites, along fence rows, and in urban woodlots. It is a small to medium sized tree, growing from 15-60 feet in height. It is often thicket forming from root sprouts. The young stems are reddish-brown and densely pubescent with white hairs. Older stems and the trunk have grayish to blackish fissured bark. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, ovate to rounded in outline and 3-5 lobes. The margins are coarsely-toothed to wavy. The upper surface of the leaf is medium to bluish-green in color with scattered hairs and the lower surface of the leaf is pubescent with white hairs. The leaves tremble in the slightest breeze, showcasing the lower surface. White Poplar is dioecious with separate male and female plants. Flowers are produced in catkins in the early spring before the leaves. Male catkins are reddish and female catkins are greenish. Most of the plants in the United States are female clones. The fruit is a capsule that splits to release abundant small seeds with a tuft of cottony-white hairs. White Poplar is listed as an invasive species in many midwestern and northeastern states.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilySALICACEAE - Willow family
Genus Populus
Species Populus alba L. - White Poplar; Silver Poplar

Citation

Citation Populus alba Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1034. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. Burser XXIII: 19 (lectotype: UPS). Lectotypified by Jonsell, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 78. 1993.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia, Etowah, Jackson, Madison, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Walker, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2019 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00003806 Cherokee 5 May 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
DLR-100		 ALNHS
Populus alba L.
USAM000014122 Mobile 01 May 1969 Erwin, Francene
s.n.		 USAM
Populus alba Linnaeus
UWAL0004879 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2976		 UWAL
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000023493 Randolph 03 Jun 1989 Nixon, Christopher F.
4418		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132878 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Morello, Sandra
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
UWAL0030061 Montgomery 19 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26624		 UWAL
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132892 Shelby 4 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16300		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU146153 Cleburne 15 Oct 1993 Hutchinson, Francine
2181		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000024655 Montgomery 30 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20651		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132894 Talladega 3 Jun 1980 Carlisle, N.J.
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132885 Jackson 11 Jul 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4980		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132879 Calhoun 14 Jul 1969 Payne, Jan E.
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132877 Calhoun 31 May 1987 Lawler, Carol L.
1624		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132887 Madison 29 Jun 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132891 St. Clair 29 Jun 1969 Ellard, Jerry
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
SAMF0008306 Colbert 10 May 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-677		 SAMF
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000008836 Escambia 05 Jan 1993 Scott, Billy
2		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000008835 Dale 12 Apr 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
528		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_66625 Etowah 9 Jun 1993 Ballard, J.M.
2746		 AUA
Populus Alba L.
UNA00011735 Mobile s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Populus alba L. var. alba
JSU132893 Talladega 19 Jun 1969 Bigbee, Diane
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000042921 Montgomery 19 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26624		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_52384 Pike 1 Apr 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9040		 AUA
Populus Alba L.
UWAL0003992 Sumter 21 Apr 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Populus alba
JSU132880 Cherokee 15 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2971		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132889 Randolph 1 Sep 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4269		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132886 Jackson 27 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
939		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132895 Winston 6 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3146		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000023494 Winston 03 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12010		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132876 Calhoun 28 Oct 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3043		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
TROY000034139 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2976		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132884 Etowah 22 Jun 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
UNA00063042 Winston 03 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12010		 UNA
Populus alba L.
UWAL0056621 Walker 26 Apr 2019 England, Kevin J.
10166		 UWAL
Populus alba L.
JSU132883 Etowah s.d. Sanford, N.C.
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132888 Madison 29 Jun 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_56679 Crenshaw 8 Jun 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10317		 AUA
Populus Alba L.
TROY000045381 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1201		 TROY
Populus alba Linnaues
UWAL0046159 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1201		 UWAL
Populus alba Linnaues
JSU132882 Cleburne 25 May 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
195		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132881 Clay 29 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4071		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
JSU132890 Randolph 18 Apr 1985 Nixon, Christopher F.
1056		 JSU
Populus alba Linnaeus
UWAL0003991 Sumter 18 May 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Populus alba
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