Salicaceae
Narrowleaf cottonwood
Populus angustifolia
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- حور رفيع الأوراق
- arz
- حور رفيع الاوراق
- Chinese
- 窄叶杨, 窄葉楊
- Czech
- Topol úzkolistý
- Dutch
- Smalbladige populier
- English
- Narrowleaf cottonwood
- French
- Peuplier à feuilles étroites
- Icelandic
- Darraðarösp
- Latvian
- Šaurlapu balzāmpapele
- nv
- Tʼiistsʼóóz
- Turkish
- Söğüt yapraklı kavak
Synonyms
- Populus balsamifera var. angustifolia (E.James) S.Watson
- Populus canadensis var. angustifolia (E.James) Wesm.
- Populus coloradensis Dode
- Populus fortissima A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Populus sennii B.Boivin
- Populus tweedyi Britton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dillon Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Zach Earl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Eslinger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Indio Brown, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elana Feldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Logan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Logan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.