White Poplar
কাভাক-এগি
Populus alba L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 19 m
- wide
- 1.5 m
Salicaceae
Formerly Leuce alba, Populus aegyptiaca, Populus arbeel, Populus arembergiana, and 23 more
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. Europe to Xinjiang and W. HimalayaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 m to 23 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- peuplier blanc, Peuplier blanc
- Chinese
- 银白杨叶, 河北杨, 银白杨
- Arabic
- حور أبيض
- Asturian
- chopu blancu
- Avaric
- ХахIцIул
- Azerbaijani
- Ağcaqovaq (bitki)
- Bulgarian
- Бяла топола
- Catalan
- Àlber
- Corsican
- Albaru
- Czech
- topol bílý
- Welsh
- Poplysen wen
- Danish
- Sølv-Poppel
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Populus alba (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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