#450 most planted
Populus simonii
Simon's poplar · also Simon poplar, Chinese cottonwood
2,080
trees mapped
0.02%
of all named trees
7
cities
16 in
median trunk (39 cm, 1,893 measured)
44 yr
median age (96% have a planting date)
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Populus simonii, also known as Simon's poplar or Chinese cottonwood, is native to northeast and central China, and Korea. This temperate tree species is commonly planted as a street tree in cool temperate regions of Europe. It is predicted to be not threatened.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,7970.41%47 yr16 in
- 1360.28%37 yr—
- 700.03%—12 in
- 540.02%4.8 yr9.8 in
- 160.01%2.9 yr2.0 in
- 40.00%—4.7 in
- 30.00%—2.0 in
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
Other Populus in the catalogue
28 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
