Botany: tree identification: white poplar

Self-tutoring about tree identification: the tutor ID’s white poplar.

In my previous post I mention finding a pair of red winged blackbirds at a lakeshore. They weren’t all I found.

I noticed some trees I remembered from last time I’d visited, in September 2017. I’d meant to ID them but never done so.

The trees have maple-shaped leaves but don’t seem to be maples. One difference: the leaves are white underneath. Moreover, the trees are stouter than a maple tree, perhaps having a silhouette more like a cherry tree.

Apparently, they are white poplar, a tree native to Eurasia.

Source:

treecanada.ca