Ernie Janes / Black poplar (Populus nigra) leaf skeleton macro closeup

Robert Thompson / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) nectaring on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). St Caterina di Valfurva Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.

Robert Thompson / Gavia Pass, Lombardy region, Alps, Italy, June 2017.

Robert Thompson / Dosegu glacier, Gavia Pass, Lombardy region, Alps, Italy, June 2017.

Pascal Tordeux / Line of Black poplar trees (Populus nigra) at sunset, Surfontaine, Picardy, France.

Jean E. Roche / Bark of an old Black poplar (Populus nigra) Oppedette Canyon, Provence, France, April 2016.

Ernie Janes / Lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra italica) reflected in river, England, UK, February.

MYN / Marco Salemi / Rove beetle (Quedius sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Ground beetle larva(Nebria sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Weevil (Dorytomus sp) Lombardy, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Harvestman (Trogulus sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Wolf spider (Arctosa cinerea) Lombardy, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Harvestman (Trogulus sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Italian Agile Frog (Rana latastei) Lombardy, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Rove beetle(Quedius sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Crane fly larva (Tipula sp) Lombardy, Italy, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marco Salemi / Italian agile frog (Rana latastei) Lombardy, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gabriele Motta / Lesser stag beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) Lombardia, Italy, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gabriele Motta / Ground beetle (Carabus problematicus) Lombardia, Italy, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Philippe Clement / View over mountains along the mountain pass Passo di Gavia in the Italian Alps. Lombardy, Italy July 2010.

Philippe Clement / View over mountains along the mountain pass Passo di Gavia in the Italian Alps. Lombardy, Italy July 2010.

Martin Gabriel / Fire Lily (Lilium bulbiferum) flowering, Valvestino, Lombardy, Northern Italy, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Thunderstorm over the Galicica mountain range with a Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra) silhouetted, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, Macedonia, June 2009

David Noton / Boat jetty nr Brenzone, Lake Garda, Lombardy, Italy

Andres M. Dominguez / Catkins on Cottonwood (Populus nigra) tree, Grazalema, Southern Spain. March.

Will Watson / Black poplar (Populus nigra ssp. betulifolia) canopy, a rare species in the UK, veteran tree, Clifford, Herefordshire, England, UK. July.

Will Watson / Canopy of veteran Black poplar tree (Populus nigra ssp. betulifolia), Blakemere, Herefordshire, England, UK. May, 2021.

Fabrice Cahez / Catkins on Cottonwood (Populus nigra) Loire, France, April.

Bruno de Faveri/ BIA / Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) pair mating, Lombardy, Italy