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Botanical details
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Populus
- Genus description
Populus are deciduous trees, mostly very fast-growing and large, with male and female catkins on separate trees, opening before the leaves. Male catkins are the more ornamental, female ones can be a nuisance from the cottony, wind-blown seeds
- Name status
Unresolved
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