Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Populus nigra
- Family
- Salicaceae
- CommonName
- Lombardy popular, black popular
- Presence
- Yes
- Status
- exotic
- EarliestDate
- 2019
- LatestDate
- 2021
- Ecosystem
- basin, foothill
- Geobotanical
- SSanjuans, UBasin, LBasin
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Baca
- Other Localities
- Comments
- In the Watershed, Lombardy poplar is always cultivated and has not been observed spreading. For that reason, probably, Ackerfield (2022) omits it. Usually it is propagated from cuttings. Though relatively short-lived, Populus nigra has no trouble surviving the Valley elevation and weather. From pioneer times to today, it has been widely used as a windbreak for houses and ranches in the Basin.
- Annotation