Salicaceae
Populus

Populus tristis Fisch.

First published in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 9: 344 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Alaska to Mexico (Baja California Norte). It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Poland, Spain

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • A.K.Skvortsov (2010). Taxonomical synopsis of the genus Populus L. in East Europe, North and Central Asia. Byulleten' Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada 196: 62-73.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural 83: 3-21.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K001079629 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwith, C.I.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769332 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769313 Yes
s.coll. [414] Populus trichocarpa K004769318 Yes
s.coll. [198] Populus trichocarpa K004769321 Yes
Horwood, E.K. [s.n.] Belgium Populus trichocarpa K004769339 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769314 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769329 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769338 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769326 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769337 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4840] Populus trichocarpa K004769319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769333 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769312 Yes
s.coll. [198] Populus trichocarpa K004769317 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4840] Populus trichocarpa K004769320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769330 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Populus trichocarpa K004769328 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images