Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Populus nigra-'Italica'

Vernacular name:

Poplar, Lombardy-


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Lombardy-poplar

Scientific name: Populus nigra L. cultivar 'Italica'

Diagnostic features
Narrowly fastigiate tree to 36m.
Trunk not burred; shoots glabrous; male only. Introduced-survivor; much planted in parks and as screening or windbreaks; throughout much of British Isles; garden origin.

This cultivar is keyed out on Page 1681 in the Text Key.

Hybrids
See Populus berolinensis(x) (K. Koch) Dippel (= Populus nigra-'Italica' x Populus laurifolia Ledeb.)

Populus nigra-'Italica'
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