Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Populus x canadensis Moench
Family : SALICACEAE
Genus : Populus
Spanish common name : Álamo. Chopo. Chopo euroamericano.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
General distribution : Eurosiberian
Flowering time : February. March. April.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated and naturalizated in torrents.
Observations : This is a hybrid from the cross between Populus nigra x Populus deltoides.
Status : Alien species.
Origen : Nord-Amèrica.
Location on-campus UIB : Exemplar puntual a un lateral de l'edifici Mateu Orfila, entrant al Campus per Cas Jai.
Description : This tree can reach up to 40 m in height. The bark is at first grey upon formation and turns wrinkly and black with age. Leaves are deltoid, not rhomboid, or acuminate, with the base truncated or kind of heart shaped. The leaf margins are dentate and translucent, with short hairs along the outline and the inferior side. The petiole is a reddish colour with 1-2 glands joined at the lamina.
