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§1 Plant
Populus ×canescens (Aiton) Sm. (pro sp.) [alba × tremula]
vernacular gray poplar — species · Salicaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Populus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 100 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 100 counties across 16 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Richmond 51159
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POCA14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3040185 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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