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Eastern Cottonwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), one of the largest eastern hardwoods, is short-lived but the fastest-growing commercial forest species in North ...
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Scientific Name; Populus deltoides; Common Name; Eastern cottonwood; Eastern poplar ... ; Trees; Plant Fact Sheets; Consumer Hort ... Hardiness Zones:2-9...
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Species Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. -- common cottonwood, cottonwood, eastern cottonwood, plains cottonwood ... Subspecies Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. -- eastern cottonwood...
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Whole tree Jump to: Bark Twig Leaf Flower Fruit ... Populus deltoides ; Family: Salicaceae; Common name: cottonwood;; View images, U.S. range map, and classification at PLANTS.USDA.GOV; ... Populus deltoides - Whole tree - cottonwood...
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LEAVES: Deltoid (triangle) shaped with a flat petiole and serrated or more properly created (rounded points). Up to 10" in length. ... FRUIT: Looks like cotton balls blowing in the wind during the summer. ... OTHER: Grows up to 6' per year. Indicates low, moist sites. Not a landscape tree. A member of the Salicaceae family.
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AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION: Taylor, Jennifer L. 2001. Populus deltoides. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
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