The newly restored River Culm floodplain at Killerton where a population of rare black poplar is being established A living gene bank of the rarest native tree in Britain, the black poplar ...

Poplar is a low-density hardwood ... While other poplars, such as black poplars, are relatively short-lived, European aspens ...

The National Trust is creating a “living library” gene bank of trees in East Devon to help protect the black poplar. The black poplar was once as common as oak and beech, but the drainage of ...