![The silver coloured bottom of a gray poplar leaf](https://assets.plaece.nl/thumb/82MZNs4RtealfN6ZSwfilYvPes7g_9DQYCpXct5gz4E/resizing_type:fit/width:960/height:0/gravity:sm/enlarge:0/aHR0cHM6Ly9hc3NldHMucGxhZWNlLm5sL29kcC1saG8vaW1hZ2Uvbm92YS0yMDE4MDYwOTExNTE1My1ncmF1d2UtYWJlZWwtMTcyNDgxLTM3MDIzMDQ3OTlfMTEyMDgxNDY4NS5qcGc.jpg)
Grey Poplar | Populus × canescens
The leaf of this poplar has a greyish underside, which creates pretty colour effects in the wind.
The gray poplar is a fast-growing poplar with a particularly characteristic crown and trunk. The trunk is white-grey with black stripes and diamond-shaped grooves. On older specimens, these grooves form patterns into very distinctive eyes on the trunk.