Salicaceae
Chinese white poplar
Populus tomentosa
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- حور لبدي
- Chinese
- 毛白杨, 毛白楊, 响杨, 大叶杨, 杨枸花, 杨树花, 白杨
- English
- Chinese white poplar
- Turkish
- Çin ak kavağı
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: FlyingBatt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.