Salicaceae

Populus nigra subsp. nigra

Populus L. Populus nigra L. subsp. nigra L. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ağaç Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 3 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 4 Habitat: nehir vadiler, akarsu kıyıları, gül kısımları Minimum yükseklik: 160 Maksimum yükseklik: 1400 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: KB. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: KB. Afrika, O. ve G. Avrupa, G. Rusya, Kafkasya, B. Asya Bulunduğu kareler :A3 A4 A5 B7 C3 C6

P. nigra L., Sp. Pl 1034 (1753).   Tree to 30(-35) m with broad crown. Bark thick, on older trunks blackish, deeply fissured. Buds reddish-brown, ± glabrous but viscous. Young shoots terete, not longitudinally ribbed, yellowish-brown at first, later greyish. Leaves 5-10(-12) x 4-8(-15) cm, dark green and lustrous, without glands near petiole, with translucent margin. Leaves of long shoots large, broadly deltoid or deltoid, usually broader than long, truncate or rounded at base, acute, obtusely dentate. Leaves of short shoots smaller, rhombic-ovate, longer than broad, cuneate at base, distinctly acuminate, minutely crenate-serrate. Petiole 3-6 cm. Fruiting catkins to 16 cm. Capsule ovoid, 2-valved. Fl. 3-4. 1. Young shoots, leaves, petioles and rachis of young catkins glabrous subsp. nigra 1. Young shoots, midrib on lower leaf surface, petioles and rachis of young catkins pubescent subsp. caudina subsp. nigra. Ic: Fl. RPR 1: t. 37 f. 3 (1952); Polunin, Trees & Bushes-of Europe 39 f. b-d, 40 f. a-b, 187 f. 7 (1976). River valleys, stream banks, lake-sides, 160-1400 m.   Described from temperate Europe (Hb. Linn. 1185/3, photo!).   N.W. Anatolia. A3 Bolu: Mengen to Yalakküz, Yayla De., 990 m, Malik (ISTO 9765)! A4 Zonguldak: Yenice to Karabük, nr Balikisik, 160 m, Yalt. (ISTO 2296)! Ankara: d. Kizilcahamam, above Karaseki, 1400 m, Uluocak (ISTO 3724)! A4/5 Kastamonu: d. Tosya, 28 v 1892, Sint. s.n.!