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Populus nigra L.

Poplar; Black Poplar

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Poplar
Deutsch Schwarzpappel
English Poplar; Black Poplar
Français Peuplier noir
Italiano Pioppo nero
Suomi Schwarzpappel
Norsk Schwarzpappel
Čeština Schwarzpappel
Español Schwarzpappel
Svenska Schwarzpappel
Polski Schwarzpappel
Український Schwarzpappel
Român Schwarzpappel
Русский Schwarzpappel
Български Schwarzpappel
EESTI Schwarzpappel
日本語 Schwarzpappel
Other names

Origin

Geographic Regions Europe
States and Territories Albania; Austria; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, +Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Greece (incl. Kiklades); Crete; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Netherlands; Hungary; Italy; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia & Kosovo; Macedonia; Poland; Romania; Crimea; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Belgium [I]; England [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Corsica [I]; Denmark [I]; Ireland [I]; Spain [I]; Portugal [I]; Andorra [I]; European Russia [I]; Estonia [I]; Latvia [I]; Lithuania [I]; Sardinia [I]; Sicily [I]; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Australia [I] (Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Taiwan [I]; Korea [I]; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; New Zealand [I]; China (Xinjiang); Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); European Turkey; Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I]); Bhutan [I]; Myanmar [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Iowa [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Nebraska [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], Nevada [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I], Wyoming [I]); Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I]); Argentina [I]; Colombia [I]; Mexico [I]; Bolivia [I]; Hispaniola [I]
[I] = Introduced
Swiss wood Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood)

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Salicaceae
Genus Populus
Species nigra
Author citation L.
Scientific name Populus nigra L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/salpo-po.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood rotgelb hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Mushrooms laboratory 5
House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) S
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) S
Termites S
Remarks Nicht beständig gegen Tnchoferus holosericeus Nicht beständig gegen Bohrmuscheln Neigt zu Bläue

Impregnability
(according to EN 350)

Impregnability of heartwood 3v
Impregnability of the sapwood 1v
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 420.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 440.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 480.00 kg/m3

Areas of application

Furniture; art objects; plywood

Appearances

Wood

Poplar;  Black Poplar

Populus nigra , ©Lignum

Bark

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , IMG, 6220 ,

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , Stamm, IMG, 6221 ,

Leaves

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Twigs

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson

Tree

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , IMG, 6219 ,

Branch

Poplar;  Black Poplar

PONG , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson