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)](../../../../../../gorge/tree/broadlf/populus/nigra/nigra3a.jpg)
Lombardy poplars as seen at the Dalles Mt. Ranch in the Columbia Hills State Park, WA.........May 10, 2009.
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Lombardy poplar as seen along the Yakima River at Horn Rapids Park, Benton County, Washington........October 2, 2012.
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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