Poplar Tree

The poplar tree is in the genus populus, which consists of 25-35 species that are deciduous flowering plants which belong to the Salicaceae family. Poplar trees can grow up to 50 to 165ft tall, and can have trunk diameters up to 8ft. The bark on young poplar trees  is smooth, with a color of white to greenish, or dark grey bark. Poplar leaves are spirally arranged and vary in shapes of triangular, rarely will be circular or lobed, and some species of populus have a long petiole ( stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem ). Poplar trees typically with small leaves on the side shoots, and very-large leaves are located on strong-growing lead shoots. Before leaves on poplar trees fall during autumn the leaves turn from bright gold to yellow. Most flowers on poplar trees are dioecious, rarely monoecious, and the flowers appear on poplar trees in early spring before the leaves come in.


Mature black poplar tree


Yellow poplar tree


Different leaves that can be found on a poplar tree


Poplar tulip tree with flower