This tree no longer exists.
Grid reference | ST 20017 77885 |
Common name | Lombardy poplar |
Origin | Italy |
Deciduous | Yes |
Status | Wales Champion 2015 |
Height | 27M November 2015 |
Girth | 417cm November 2015 |
Reference | 330 |
Tree felled during work on flood relief scheme | February 2017 |
This tree is close to the north east gate and Sturminster Road.
General tree description
Populus nigra 'Italica' is a cultivar of the black poplar, Populus nigra. It is a large (up to 38 metres tall), narrow columnar tree, with close vertical branches and grey-brown, moderately craggy bark that becomes burred with age. The leaves are small (5 to 9cm long), triangular to diamond-shaped, and pointed at the tip. This is a male tree, bearing red catkins in mid spring.