Populus alba -- (White Poplar)


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 Scientific Name:  Populus alba
 Common Name:  White Poplar
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Introduced
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Medium
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Low
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Early Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  90
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Color:  White
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Single Stem
 Growth Habit:  Tree
 Growth Rate:  Rapid
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  80
 Height, Mature (feet):  100
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  300
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  170
 pH (Maximum):  7
 pH (Minimum):  4.9
 Precipitation (Minimum):  24
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  24
 Salt Tolerance:  Low
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -38
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Slow
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Cuttings, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Uses:  Lumber, Pulpwood, Firewood (Low)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Salicales
 Family:  Salicaceae
 Genus:  Populus

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