Lombardy Poplar, Lombardy Black Poplar         pop-U-lus NI-gra

• Deciduous tree, 70-90 ft (21-27 m) tall but only a 10-15 ft (3-4,5 m) spread, very columnar, dense.  Leaves alternate, simple, rhombic-ovate, 5-10 cm long, finely crenate-serrate, broad base, dark green above, light green below.
• Sun.  Fast growing but short lived.  A canker in the upper branches and trunk often kills the tree before it reaches final height.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 3      Arose in the Lombardy district of Italy in the 1600's.
• Corvallis: near 25th St. and Taylor.