Editing Populus alba (section)

===Americas===
White poplar was first introduced to North America in 1748 and has a long history in cultivation. It is now found in 43 states throughout the contiguous U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/poal1.htm |title=PCA Alien Plant Working Group – White Poplar (Populus alba) |publisher=Nps.gov |date=2009-07-07 |access-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629071934/http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/poal1.htm |archive-date=2011-06-29 }}</ref> It has come to be considered weedy or [[Invasive species|invasive]]; it has been banned in Connecticut and is the most common introduced tree species on [[Cape Breton Island]].<ref name=Keeler>Keeler, H. L. (1900). ''Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them'' pp. 428–432. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POAL7 |title=PLANTS Profile for Populus alba (white poplar) &#124; USDA PLANTS |publisher=Plants.usda.gov |date=1999-10-19 |access-date=2011-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015145630/http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POAL7|archive-date=2010-10-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.invasive.org/browse/subject.cfm?sub=3066 |title=white poplar, Populus alba (Salicales: Salicaceae) |publisher=Invasive.org |date=2010-05-04 |access-date=2011-07-16}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091025120827/http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/map/poal1.htm US invasive state location map]</ref>

In US intensive forest management, it is being replaced by various [[Populus sect. Aigeiros|''Populus'' sect. ''Aigeiros'']] [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]]. The wood is soft, and used for cellulose and to make cheap boxes.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

It also grows in the temperate zones of South America. Mainly in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}  A conical [[cultivar]] from [[Turkestan]], ''Populus alba'' 'Pyramidalis' (Bolle's poplar; syn. ''P. bolleana'') is sometimes planted in parks.<ref name=rushforth />