Trunk of grey poplar
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Trunk of grey poplar by Patrick Roper as part of the Geograph project.
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Trunk of grey poplar
Image: © Patrick Roper Taken: 4 May 2017
This is the trunk of a female grey poplar (Populus x canescens) growing by the layby where Miller's Hill joins Rocks Hill. Female grey poplars are very much rarer than males and the identity of this one was confirmed by R.D.Meikle, an expert on poplars and willows.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.923185
Longitude
0.577076