Distribution: Europe without Scandinavia and Iberian Peninsula; Turkey, Caucasus; introduced to Scandinavia, Iberian Peninsula and to the United States
Size: 15 - 20 (m)
Flowering period: II - IV
Populus canescens (Aiton) Sm. - Accepted: Populus canescens (Aiton) Sm. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. - Accepted: Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Salicaceae (Zander 2008)Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. - Synonym: Populus canescens (Aiton) Sm. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)Populus canescens (Aiton) Sm. - Synonym: Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. - Accepted: Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Salicaceae (APG III)Populus canescens (Aiton) Sm. - Accepted: Populus canescens (Aiton) Sm. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Salicaceae (APG IV)
Flower ecology
wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
Life form
woody, tree
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Soil conditions
on a wide range of soil conditions; preferentially on moist, well-drained soils; pioneer plant on immature soils
Light conditions
full sun to partial sun plant
Succession type
pioneer species, soil stabiliser
Natural occurrence (habitat)
immature soils and wetlands, bottomland deciduous forests
Comment to ecology
probably a hybrid of P. alba x P. tremula
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
temperate broad-leaved deciduous forests
Natural propagation (all types)
by means of adventitious roots, stem sprouts
Constraints according radiation (light)
not shade tolerant
Recommendation (regional context)
not suitable as street tree
Status of alien naturalisation
indigenous
Related to region
wildly occurring at Rhine, Danube
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) (1999-2001 and ongoing): Floraweb - Daten und Informationen zu Wildpflanzen und zur Vegetation Deutschlands. www.floraweb.de.; Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.; Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Forsten, Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.) (1985): Pflanzenkatalog zur Verbesserung der Bienenweide und des Artenreichtums (Kurztitel: Bienenweidekatalog); Oberdorfer, E. (2001): Pflanzensoziologische Exkursionsflora. Für Deutschland und angrenzende Gebiete. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 8., stark überarb. u. erg. Aufl, 1056 S. 978-3-8001-3131-0.; Plants for a Future (1996-2012): PFAF. See: https://pfaf.org/; The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;
Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 13.1.2021Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 3.5.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.