[Aspens, Cottonwoods and Poplars: The Genus Populus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

White Poplar

Populus alba

Synonyms: Populus alba var. bolleana, Populus alba var. pyramidalis

Dorsal leaf surface of White Poplar: Populus alba (Synonyms: Populus alba var. bolleana, Populus alba var. pyramidalis)

Dorsal leaf surface of white poplar. Note the prescence of some whitish-gray hairs on this leaf surface. Photographed at an old homestead above the Klickitat River in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area........June 28, 2009.

Ventral leaf surface of White Poplar: Populus alba (Synonyms: Populus alba var. bolleana, Populus alba var. pyramidalis)

Ventral leaf surface of white poplar. Note the dense covering of matted whitish-gray hairs on this leaf surface. Photographed at an old homestead above the Klickitat River in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area........June 28, 2009.

Paul Slichter