Identify Invasive Trees - White Poplar

Learn how to identify the invasive tree white poplar (Populus alba) and how to distinguish from native poplars. This is a colony forming species that is not known to spread much by seed in North America, but can persist for a long time and spread slowly by clonal reproduction.

[@outdoorinfluencer]

I planted on of these a few years ago wish I didn’t

[@laurabee44]

How come?

[@outdoorinfluencer]

@@laurabee44 it started growing sprouts and now there popping up like crazy with in 30 feet of the crust one

[@nicholasmetivier4464]

Did it up!

[@10.11.9]

Thank you for the educational video. Subscribed.

[@greghoward9894]

Thank you

[@ericwanderweg8525]

The hybridization with native aspen is a bit unsettling. Will it also hybridize with eastern cottonwood?

[@midwestinvasiveplantnetwor7029]

It most readily hybridizes with European aspen, quaking aspen, and bigtooth aspen. Hybridization between while poplar and eastern cottonwood is very unlikely to happen spontaneously in the wild. While some crosses have been done through breeding programs, the trees have not been very successful.

[@NaserHekmat]

I don’t understand word “invasive “? That means a tree hard to kill? Or bad tree. Is there any bad tree? Any tree can damage building if you plant it in wrong places. So why instead of labeling a tree “invasive” just inform people not to plant it in right place.

[@midwestinvasiveplantnetwor7029]

I don't like referring to plants as bad. All plants have a role in the ecosystem they evolved in. The definition of an invasive species is a species that is not native, AND causes environmental or economic harm (or harms human health), when introduced outside its native range. This harm often stems from a lack of predators or other limitations to their growth and spread outside its native range.

[@briansmith9698]

Poplar wood used on guitar make neck blocks has commercial use.

[@nicholasmetivier4464]

Not this introduced white poplar, but the native poplar is strong and lightweight

[@LovelyRitas]

How do i get rid of tree-of-heaven

[@midwestinvasiveplantnetwor7029]

Tree of heaven is a tough invasive to manage due to its extensive suckering when top cut or ineffectively treated. The Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes Collaborative website (woodyinvasives.org/woody-invasive-species/tree-of-heaven/#1571683267259-c65fd76c-7490fa11-61a14714-3122ef93-98d1ba23-e222) has good information on managing this tree. For more specific guidance on chemical application, refer to the MIPN control database (www.mipn.org/control/). In my personal experience hack and squirt is more effective than cut stump methods, but both can be effective if timed and executed correctly.

[@LovelyRitas]

@@midwestinvasiveplantnetwor7029 i moved to Arkansas after a 20 fight, in Wisconsin, with European buckthorn and had NEVER heard of this tree. I bought a house and have been trying to get rid of it. It destroys everything I put in. I pull, I cut and spray, I mow. I had the really huge old ones taken down and their suckers push up through my crawl space, my garden, my EVERYTHING! I don't want to be defeated by this dang tree. I get annoyed because down here they plant so many invasive species including Mimosa, honeysuckle,ivy and anything else including invasive grasses. Their DNR have been know help. ✌🏽 🙏🏽