This beautiful tree can grow up to 100 feet in height and no more than 10 to 15 inches wide in its lifetime. Poplar trees have a strong root system that can destroy sidewalks and sewage systems. Main reason why Poplars are not a suitable tree to have on city streets. Although it is now banned to plant this tree on San Francisco city streets, in the past, the city of San Francisco strategically planted these trees next to freeways to separate them from residential areas. You will find a few Poplars dividing the car lanes just before the freeway entrance on SOMA. You can also find San Francisco's most iconic residents on the evenings at a Park on the corner of Clay and Drumm. The San Francisco Wild Parrots make the Poplar trees in this park one of their favorite hangouts for the afternoon and it's sleeping trees for the night. The Poplar's triangular leaves emerge in late April and May and are shed in the fall time. Pictures below are of the park on Clay and Drumm the home of the SF Wild Parrots. On the middle picture you can see two parrots hanging out on a Eucalyptus tree.
Lombardi Poplar trees at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon during the fall season. Leaves will all fall soon.
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