Populus grandidentata
Large-toothed Poplar
Pronunciation
pop-U-lus GRAN-dee-den-tay-tah
Family
Genus
Nativity
Maine to North Carolina west to Illinois
Growth Habit
Often pyramidal in youth, and open oval irregular crown at maturity.
Hardiness
3
Culture
Optimum growth in moist soils with full sun but can grow in gravelly soils.
Facultative Status
Facultative Upland
Landscape Use
Good tree for sandy slopes
Foliage
Alternate, simple, on a long petiole and irregularly toothed on the margin. New growth is pubescent and changes to yellow in the fall.
Buds
Buds are imbricately scaled, long and pointed, fine pubescence is evident.
Bark
Bark is light in color sometimes a greenish gray color, nondescript.
Flower
Non-showy yellow flowers.
Fruit
Nearly pear-shaped with fine hair tufts at the tip. Non-descript.
Propagation
Seed.
Pests
None serious.
Cultivars