Taxonomy: Fam. Salicaceae// Genus: Populus// Species: Populus nigra L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Amaral Franco in Tutin et al. (1964) and Djekov in Micevski (1993).
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia and Algeria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open woods and edges of forests, alongside rivers from c. 850 to 1500 m altitude.
Lifeform: Perennial, tree; Mesophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring.
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References:
Populus L. Djekov, Sl. in Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 751 – 755.
Populus L. Amaral Franco, J. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 54 – 55.
