Salicaceae
Black poplar
Populus nigra
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (70)
- Albanian
- Plepi i zi
- Arabic
- حور أسود, حور حموي, حور فارسي, حور مرن
- Aragonese
- Chop, Choplo, Chopo, Chopo negro, Coble, Coblle, Cople, Coplle
- Armenian
- Բարդի սև
- arz
- حور اسود
- Asturian
- Chopu
- av
- Чараналъул гъветӀ, Чараналъул гъветI
- azb
- قاراقوْواق
- Azerbaijani
- Qaraqovaq
- Basque
- Makal beltz, Italiako makal
- Belarusian
- Ясакар, Таполя чорная, Таполя пірамідальная
- Bosnian
- Crna topola
- Bulgarian
- Черна топола, Пирамидална топола
- Catalan
- Pollancre ver
- Central Kurdish
- چنار
- Chinese
- 黑杨, 黑楊, 箭杆杨, 钻天杨, 鉆天楊, 钻天楊, 美国白杨
- Corsican
- Piopu, Piobu
- Croatian
- Crna topola, Jablan
- cv
- Хура тирек
- Czech
- Topol černý
- Danish
- Sort poppel, Sortpoppel
- dsb
- Carny topoł
- Dutch
- Zwarte populier, Europese Zwarte populier, Italiaanse populier
- English
- Black poplar, Lombardy poplar, Black populars
- Estonian
- Must pappel
- Finnish
- Mustapoppeli
- French
- Peuplier noir, Peuplier d'Italie
- Galician
- Lamigueiro negro
- Georgian
- Ოფი, Ალვის ხე
- German
- Schwarz-Pappel, Schwarzpappel, Saarbaum, Pyramidenpappel
- grc
- Αἴγειρος
- Hebrew
- צפצפה שחורה, צפצפה שחורה איטלקית
- hsb
- Čorny topoł
- Hungarian
- Fekete nyár, Fekete nyárfa, Jegenyenyár, Lombardiai nyár
- Icelandic
- Svartösp
- Indonesian
- Hawar hitam
- inh
- Iаьржа миха
- Irish
- Poibleog dhubh
- Italian
- Pioppo nero, Pioppo cipressino, Pioppo lombardo
- Japanese
- セイヨウハコヤナギ
- Kazakh
- Бәйтерек ағаш, Bäýterek ağaş, بايتەرەك اعاش, Бәйтерек, Мырзатерек
- Korean
- 흑양
- Latvian
- Piramidālā papele
- Lithuanian
- Juodoji tuopa
- Luxembourgish
- Schwaarz Pëppel, Italieenesch Pëppel, Pyramidepëppel
- Macedonian
- Црна топола
- mzn
- تبریزی دار
- nap
- Puokkië
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svartpoppel, Pyramidepoppel
- os
- Пирамидалон гæдыбæлас
- Persian
- شالک, درخت تبریزی
- pms
- Arbra nèira
- Polish
- Topola czarna, Sokora, Topola włoska
- Portuguese
- Álamo-negro
- Romanian
- Plop negru
- Romansh
- Trembel nair
- Russian
- Тополь чёрный, Осокорь, Тополь черный, Чёрный тополь, Тополь пирамидальный
- Serbian
- Црна топола, Јаблан
- sgs
- Juovars
- Slovenian
- Črni topol, Laški topol, Jagned
- Spanish
- Álamo negro, Alamo de Italia, Alamo lombardo, Alamo negrillo, Alamo negro, Chopo comun, Chopo de Lombardia, Chopo de Lombardía
- Swedish
- Svartpoppel, Italiensk pelarpoppel, Pyramidpoppel
- Tajik
- Аръар, Ар-ар
- Turkish
- Kara kavak
- udm
- Сьӧд тополь
- Ukrainian
- Тополя чорна, Осокор, Осокір, Тополя пірамідальна
- Uyghur
- قارا تېرەك
- Uzbek
- Qoraterak
- Welsh
- Poplysen ddu
- wuu
- 黑杨
Synonyms
- Aigiros nigra (L.) Nieuwl.
- Populus caudina Ten.
- Populus dilatata Aiton
- Populus fastigiata var. plantierensis Simon-Louis
- Populus flexibilis Rozier
- Populus italica Du Roi
- Populus neapolitana (Ten.) Ten.
- Populus nigra subsp. flexibilis Kamelin
- Populus nigra subsp. pyramidalis Čelak.
- Populus nigra var. caudina (Ten.) Nyman
- Populus nigra var. elegans Bailey
- Populus nigra var. italica Münchh.
- Populus nigra var. neapolitana (Ten.) Nyman
- Populus nigra var. nigra
- Populus nigra var. thevestina (Dode) Bean
- Populus pyramidalis Rozier
- Populus sosnowskyi Grossh.
- Populus thevestina Dode
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MottaW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.