Leaf veins and shoots finely downy; bark grey-brown, thick and furrowed, often with heavy burrs, trunk usually heavily leaning.
Populus | Populus tremuloides | Sambucus nigra | Populus tremula | Centaurea nigra | Pinus nigra | Juglans nigra | Populus alba | Fraxinus nigra | Carex nigra | Brassica nigra | Populus nigra | Populus fremontii | Tinea nigra | Prosopis nigra | Porta Nigra | Populus sect. Aigeiros | ''populus Romanus'' (Roman people) | ''Populus nigra'', originating in the United States from plantings by André Michaux | Populus lasiocarpa | Populus deltoides | M. nigra | Mined leaf of ''Centaurea nigra | Leaf of ''Ballota nigra | Hoplocorypha nigra | Gila nigra | Betula nigra | A shoot of ''Centaurea nigra |
The larvae feed on Populus nigra, Populus alba and Populus tremula and is considered a minor pest on these species.
Specimen trees in the grounds include an Indian Bean Tree (Catalpa bignonioides), a Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), and a Black Poplar (Populus nigra) - planted to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 by the local Mayor and the Deputy Lieutenant Of Bexley.