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Populus alba

L.

White Poplar

G5Secure Found in 12 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135044
Element CodePDSAL01010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderSalicales
FamilySalicaceae
GenusPopulus
Other Common Names
Peuplier blanc (FR) white poplar (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
Eurasian; widely planted and often escaped (or at least long-persisting and clonally spreading) elsewhere. LEM 27Jun00.
Conservation Status
Review Date2000-01-17
Change Date1994-03-22
Edition Date2000-01-17
Edition AuthorsMorse, Larry E. (20000
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Widespread in huge native range in Eurasia.
Range Extent Comments
Native to Eurasia, where occurring from "central and southern England to western Siberia and central Asia" (Jil Swearingen, U.S. National Park Service, pers. comm. to Larry Morse, 1998); present in much of North America as an exotic, in some regions invasively so.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNNA
ProvinceRankNative
Prince Edward IslandSNANo
Nova ScotiaSNANo
QuebecSNANo
New BrunswickSNANo
ManitobaSNANo
OntarioSNANo
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
ArkansasSNANo
MassachusettsSNANo
WyomingSNANo
TennesseeSNANo
New MexicoSNANo
IowaSNANo
VirginiaSNANo
New HampshireSNANo
UtahSNANo
North CarolinaSNANo
FloridaSNANo
MinnesotaSNANo
KentuckySNANo
NevadaSNANo
CaliforniaSNANo
PennsylvaniaSNANo
OhioSNANo
DelawareSNANo
West VirginiaSNANo
NebraskaSNANo
ColoradoSNANo
TexasSNANo
GeorgiaSNANo
MarylandSNANo
MaineSNANo
District of ColumbiaSNANo
LouisianaSNANo
MontanaSNANo
MississippiSNANo
WisconsinSNANo
VermontSNANo
New JerseySNANo
IndianaSNANo
Rhode IslandSNANo
South DakotaSNANo
OklahomaSNANo
North DakotaSNANo
MichiganSNANo
AlabamaSNANo
South CarolinaSNANo
MissouriSNANo
IllinoisSNANo
New YorkSNANo
ConnecticutSNANo
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (12)
California (2)
AreaForestAcres
Horse Mdw.Inyo National Forest5,687
Log Cabin SaddlebagInyo National Forest15,165
Utah (8)
AreaForestAcres
0401001Ashley National Forest11,705
0401030Ashley National Forest531
0401031Ashley National Forest7,110
418024Uinta National Forest51,699
418025Uinta National Forest32,698
418029Uinta National Forest15,673
Signal PeakFishlake National Forest30,889
WellsvilleWasatch-Cache National Forest1,717
West Virginia (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little MountainMonongahela National Forest8,172
Wyoming (1)
AreaForestAcres
Walker PrairieBighorn National Forest62,434
References (4)
  1. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  2. Little, E.L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541. U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 375 pp.
  3. Morse, Larry E. Personal Communication. North American Botanist, NatureServe, Arlington, VA. Formerly Chief Botanist, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA.
  4. Swearingen, Jil. National Capitol Region, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.