Taxon: Populus ×canescens (Aiton) Sm.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• gray poplar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• grey poplar   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• matchwood poplar   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• vaalpopulier   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• peuplier grisard   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French
  
• Grau-Pappel   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• gråpoppel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber; Trees US)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  China: China - Xinjiang
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom - England
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [e.]

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Meikle, R. D. 1975. Populus L. In: Stace, C. A., ed., Hybridization and the flora of the British Isles. 303.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [not as hybrid].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Populus x canescens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Populus x canescens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Populus x canescens.

Check other web resources for Populus ×canescens (Aiton) Sm.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Populus x canescens cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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