[Aspens, Cottonwoods and Poplars: The Genus Populus East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Lombardy Poplar

Populus nigra

Synonyms: Populus dilatata, Populus italica, Populus nigra var. italica

Black Poplar, Lombardy Poplar: Populus nigra (Synonyms: Populus dilatata, Populus italica, Populus nigra var. italica)

Lombardy poplars as seen at the Dalles Mt. Ranch in the Columbia Hills State Park, WA.........May 10, 2009.

Black Poplar, Lombardy Poplar: Populus nigra (Synonyms: Populus dilatata, Populus italica, Populus nigra var. italica) - Leaf of Black Poplar, Lombardy Poplar: Populus nigra (Synonyms: Populus dilatata, Populus italica, Populus nigra var. italica)

Lombardy poplar as seen along the Yakima River at Horn Rapids Park, Benton County, Washington........October 2, 2012.

Leaf of Black Poplar, Lombardy Poplar: Populus nigra (Synonyms: Populus dilatata, Populus italica, Populus nigra var. italica) -- Leaf of Black Poplar, Lombardy Poplar: Populus nigra (Synonyms: Populus dilatata, Populus italica, Populus nigra var. italica)

Examples of stem leaves of lombardy poplar as seen at the Dalles Mt. Ranch in the Columbia Hills State Park, WA.........May 10, 2009. Note the dorso-ventrally flattened petiole, slightly crenulate to toothed margins and broadly triangular to rhombic shape of the leaf blade.
Paul Slichter