This is one of the black poplars and is common on river banks in N. America, east of the Rocky Mountains from Saskatchewan to New Mexico. It is related to P. deltoides, the common black poplar or cottonwood of the E. United States, differing from it, according to Sargent, by its pale yellow branches, downy buds, much shorter stalk of the female flower, and by the larger, fewer teeth of the leaves. Judging by plants received from the Arnold Arboretum in 1919, it has nothing to recommend it for this country before the numerous black poplars already in cultivation.
Populus sargentii Dode
Great Plains Cottonwood
Modern name
Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw.
Synonyms
P. deltoides var. occidentalis Rydb.Genus
Other species in the genus
- Populus acuminata Rydb.
- Populus adenopoda Maxim.
- Populus alba L.
- Populus angulata
- Populus angustifolia Torr.
- Populus balsamifera L.
- Populus × berolinensis Dipp.
- Populus × canadensis Moench
- Populus candicans Ait.
- Populus canescens (Ait.) Sm.Grey Poplar
- Populus ciliata Royle
- Populus deltoides Marsh.
- Populus fremontii S. Wats.
- Populus × generosa Henry
- Populus glauca Haines
- Populus grandidentata Michx.
- Populus heterophylla L.
- Populus koreana Rehd.
- Populus lasiocarpa Oliver
- Populus laurifolia Ledeb.
- Populus maximowiczii Henry
- Populus nigra L.
- Populus simonii Carr.
- Populus szechuanica Schneid.
- Populus tremula L.
- Populus tremuloides Michx.
- Populus trichocarpa Hook.
- Populus tristis Fisch.
- Populus wilsonii Schneid.
- Populus yunnanensis Dode