| Scientific Name: | Populus alba |
| Common Name: | white poplar, silver poplar |
| Family Name: | Salicaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Invasive plant, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Shade tree, Summer interest, Tall background, Wind break, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Tomentose, Ovate, Other, Pinnately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, White, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tree trunk with diamond-shaped, dark lenticels on gray-white bark; leaves alternate, shape irregular to 5 lobed, most ovate, 5-8cm long x 4-7cm wide, turning dark-green above as pubescence is lost, silvery white & hairy underside (cashmere-like), leaves turn yellow in autumn; male catkins red, <8cm.long, pendent, early spring; female catkins green, <5cm long. Winter ID: bark pattern; zig-zagged twigs and buds with dense grey pubescence. | |