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White Poplar

Populus alba

4,578Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
122Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb9
Mar17
Apr220
May417
Jun625
Jul857
Aug1,059
Sep759
Oct370
Nov104
Dec13

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England340
2Suffolk England151
3Cambridgeshire England103
4Halton England100
5Kent England98
6Essex England94
7Oxfordshire England84
8Dorset England77
9Liverpool England77
10Devon England76
11Norfolk England74
12Worcestershire England69
13Surrey England61
14Cornwall England53
15Somerset England43
1,740 England63 Scotland20 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,578
Peak month
August
Counties with records
122
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Populus alba
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,417
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Salicaceae
Genus
Populus
Name with authority
Populus alba L.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146269 · GBIF 3040233