Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra L.)
Also known as black poplar.
↑Summary
Native to Europe and southwest to central Asia, this tree is widely planted in North America and has become established in the wild in numerous different locations.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• Black Poplar | The Wood Database (About This Site)
• Populus nigra (Lombardy poplar) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Populus nigra | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Populus nigra (Black Poplar) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Populus nigra (black poplar) | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Populus nigra | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Populus nigra | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Lombardy Poplar | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Populus nigra L. (Lombardy Poplar, Black Cottonwood) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
