| Scientific Name: | Populus nigra 'Italica' |
| Common Name: | Lombardy poplar |
| Family Name: | Salicaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Deltoid, Rhomboidal, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tree tall, narrowly columnar; bark fissured, braided to diamond pattern; leaves deltoid, glossy, dark green, <10cm long, serrated margins; male catkins only, red. | |