Salicaceae
Black cottonwood
Populus trichocarpa
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- حور شعري الثمار
- arz
- حور شعرى الثمار
- Chinese
- 欧洲大叶杨, 歐洲大葉楊, 毛果杨, 美國黑楊, 美国黑杨, 黑杨
- Czech
- Topol chlupatoplodý
- Danish
- Vestamerikansk Balsampoppel, Poppel
- dsb
- Pódwjacorny topoł
- Dutch
- Westamerikaanse balsempopulier, Zwarte balsempopulier, Balsempopulier, Haarvruchtige populier, West-amerikaanse balsempopulier, Witte balsempopulier
- English
- Black cottonwood, California poplar, Western balsam-poplar
- Estonian
- Karvaseviljane pappel
- Finnish
- Jättipoppeli
- French
- Peuplier de l'Ouest
- German
- Westliche Balsam-Pappel, Haarfrüchtige Balsam-Pappel
- hsb
- Zapadny topoł
- Icelandic
- Alaskaösp
- Latvian
- Spilvaugļu papele
- Lithuanian
- Plaukuotvaisė tuopa
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempepoppel
- Persian
- صنوبر کالیفرنیایی
- Polish
- Topola kalifornijska
- Swedish
- Jättepoppel
- Ukrainian
- Тополя бальзамічна
- Welsh
- Poplysen falmaidd y Gorllewin
Synonyms
- Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa (Torr. & A.Gray) Brayshaw
- Populus balsamifera var. californica S.Watson
- Populus trichocarpa f. ingrata Jeps.
- Populus trichocarpa var. cupulata S.Watson
- Populus trichocarpa var. ingrata Parish
- Populus trichocarpa var. trichocarpa
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Homer-Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: runcator, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gail A Baker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Homer-Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Balsam poplarPopulus balsamiferaSalicaceae
- Hybrid black poplarPopulus × canadensisSalicaceae
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- Simon's poplarPopulus simoniiSalicaceae
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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). About our plant data.