Populus nigra 'Italica'
- Height: up to 25 m
- Trunk: grey bark, deeply longitudinally fissured
- Crown: narrow, columnar
- Leaves: triangular to diamond-shaped, with fine serrated edges, 5-12 cm long, on flattened stem
- Flowers: drooping, red catkins in March/April before leaves emerge
- Other: frequent urban tree, cultivated from native black poplar
Photos: Martina Gehret (1,2)