Black Poplar
Populus nigra L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 17 m
- wide
- 3.4 m
Salicaceae
Also called Black poplar
Formerly Aigiros nigra
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Medit. and XinjiangKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 12 m to 21 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 m to 3.7 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -45.6 °C (USDA zone 2a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Schwarzpappel, Schwarz-Pappel
- Bulgarian
- Черна топола
- Arabic
- حور أسود
- Asturian
- chopu
- Avaric
- Чараналъул гъветI
- Azerbaijani
- Qaraqovaq
- Belarusian
- Ясакар
- Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
- Ясакар
- Catalan
- Pollancre ver
- Corsican
- Piopu
- Czech
- topol černý
- Lower Sorbian
- Carny topoł
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, 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 nigra (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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