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Organism (ORGA)
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published: 19 Jul 2010 last updated: 14 Feb 2025
Organism information
Populus canescens
Kingdom Viridiplantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Salicaceae
Genus Populus
Species Populus canescens
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  • Populus tremula x Populus alba
  • Populus alba x tremula
  • Populus x canescens
  • Populus x canescens (Aiton) Sm.
  • Gray poplar
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  • Grey poplar
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  • Hybrid poplar
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Trees
Domesticated
Characteristics related to biosafety
This species is a spontaneous natural hybrid of Populus alba and Populus tremula.
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Gray poplar is an easily grown plant. It does well in a heavy cold damp soil. However, the tree prefers a deep rich well-drained circumneutral soil (e.g., ideal conditions in the south and east of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Growth is constrained on wet soils, on poor acid soils and on thin dry soils. Plants are reasonably wind tolerant, though they do not grow well in exposed upland sites. They also tolerate salt-laden winds but not saline soils. They dislike shade and are intolerant of root or branch competition. 
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  • Timber
Additional Information
Grey poplar is dioecious. In general, they reach the generative stage after about 7 to 15 years; under conditions of stress it appears that flowering may occur earlier. 
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