Populus deltoides

Eastern Cottonwood at Greenway, ACT

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Identification history

Populus deltoides	29 Nov 2016	MichaelBedingfield
Populus deltoides	29 Nov 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Populus alba	27 Nov 2016	MichaelBedingfield

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Growing on the edge of the Murrumbidgee River, 1 km north of Pine Island Central, and on the west side. Photos taken from the east side across river.

4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

27 Nov 2016

The bark is OK but the leaves do not look right. Unfortunately the key in VicFlora uses hairiness and colour of the backs of the leaves as characters for IDing.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Nov 2016

Mike the back of the leaves of Populus alba are white, while those of Eastern Cottonwood are pale green - bit hard to tell from the photos - but I think Eastern Cottonwood

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

29 Nov 2016

Thanks Betty & Michael. I couldn't get any closer because of the river. Will confirm Michael's suggestion, and hopefully get some better pics later if the river goes down.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

22 Feb 2017

I revisited, and collected leaves for verification; underside pale green not white; photo added.

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