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 alternate, deltoid, 6-10cm x 3-7cm wide, glossy, dark green, margin serrate; male catkins only, red.