Canadian Poplar
Populus euramericana · Salicaceae · 이태리포플러
How to spot it
Traits of the parents (cottonwood and European black poplar) appear in various combinations; it is told apart from the parents by the cilia on the leaf margin and the presence of glands.
Look
- Leaves
- Variation among cultivars is large; generally there are cilia on the leaf margin and some leaves have glands. 'Serotina' has ovate-triangular leaves, and 'Robusta' has deep bronze young leaves.
- Flowers
- On male clones the catkins are 7.5 to 10 cm long with dark red anthers (based on 'Serotina').
- Fruit
- Female clones release large amounts of cottony seeds in midsummer, covering the surroundings.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Not a native species but a hybrid. A group of hybrids that arose naturally in western Europe soon after the American cottonwood (P. deltoides) was introduced to Europe; the oldest clone, 'Serotina', is estimated to have arisen in France in the early 1700s.
- Ecology
- It is one of the timber species recommended for planting by the Korea Forest Service.