Researchers report on the influence of an endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium on the defense of black poplars against herbivorous insects. The fungus, which lives inside the leaves, not ...

Britain’s rarest native tree takes root at Killerton - The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ gene bank of trees in east Devon to help protect the black poplar.

"Black poplars need male and female trees within 200m of each other to pollinate each other. This is not something likely to happen in the wild which is why we are stepping in".

image: Ants and aphids on a poplar leaf: When aphids infest plants, ants are often also present. The ants do not prey on the small insects, but are interested in their honeydew.

Black poplar leaves infected by fungi are especially susceptible to attack by gypsy moth caterpillars. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, has now ...

Black poplar trees growing in a Denbighshire lay-by are found to be cuttings from a "mother" tree not found anywhere else in the UK.

Black Poplars Under Threat: The native Black Poplar or Populus nigra betulifolia is Britain's most rare native timber tree and has declined to the verge of extinction in some areas, ...

Black Poplars are either male or female; this one is a male, and he shows no signs of decline, Buckley says, despite his age. READ MORE. Watch: Trailer for Saipan movie starring Steve Coogan.

The treesmiths told me that they were Carolina poplars, hybrid eastern cottonwood and black poplars. Their expected life span is around 30 years, which is about how long they were here. ...