Before revision: Poplar cultivation in alluvial zones has been described since 1875: the Peuplier Blanc du Poitou (Populus serotina, a hybrid between the European black poplar and the American black poplar), introduced around 1850 in the hinterland of the Marais Poitevin, gradually replaced the "Charpes", spontaneous black poplars, from 1875 onwards.Jean Pourtet, La culture du peuplier, Baillière, 1961, p. 193.
After revision: Poplar cultivation in alluvial zones has been described since 1875: the (Populus serotina, a hybrid between the European black poplar and the American black poplar), introduced around 1850 in the hinterland of the Marais Poitevin, gradually replaced the "Charpes", spontaneous black poplars, from 1875 onwards.Jean Pourtet, La culture du peuplier, Baillière, 1961, p. 193.