Poplar (Populus)🌿

The collective name for deciduous trees in genus Populus, willow family. About 35 species across the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Yamanarashi (P. tremula var. sieboldii) and dorono-ki (P. maximowiczii) are native to Japan. Widely planted as street and windbreak trees and for pulpwood. The slender Lombardy poplar (P. nigra var. italica) is the iconic tree of 'poplar rows' at Hokkaido University and elsewhere. Notable for fast growth.

Identification Points

• ✓Alternate triangular to ovate leaves with long flattened petioles
• ✓Leaves tremble easily in wind
• ✓Fast-growing deciduous tree, 20–30 m tall

Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification

Phylogenetic Positionヤナギ科 →