{"id":327,"date":"2020-08-26T20:07:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2024-07-26T20:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:06:22","slug":"black-poplar-populus-nigra-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=327","title":{"rendered":"2. Black Poplar (Populus nigra hybrid)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">What3Words reference:  towns.emerge.entry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location notes: group of 3, with label, just N of River View Road opposite pallet Stack on far bank of river<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mature trees grow to 30m and can live for 200 years but is increasingly rare. The bark is dark brown\/black, and is gnarled with numerous lumpy burrs, which distinguishes it from the Lombardy Poplar.<\/p>\n<p>Shiny, green and heart-shapedg leaves open in early spring and are covered in fine, tiny hairs. It likes flood plains of rivers\u00a0and can be identified in spring by the catkins with red male in late March and yellow-green female catkins a little later on different trees. \u00a0The catkins provide early nectar for bees and other insects..<\/p>\n<p>It was once used in thatching and for baskets.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=297\">Tree Trail<\/a> to return to the full list<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4753-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" style=\"width:643px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4753-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4753-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4750-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1015\" style=\"width:672px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4750-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4750-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2-699x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2-1048x1536.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2-624x914.jpg 624w, https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4272-2.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What3Words reference: towns.emerge.entry Location notes: group of 3, with label, just N of River View Road opposite pallet Stack on far bank of river Mature trees grow to 30m and can live for 200 years but is increasingly rare. The bark is dark brown\/black, and is gnarled with numerous lumpy burrs, which distinguishes it from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":297,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1380,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/1380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}