Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall, Eastern Cottonwood
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Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides, Image Gallery
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Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp.
deltoides, is a fast growing tree and rivals
trees of the eastern North American forests.
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Eastern Cottonwood trees are shade intolerant
and also draw heavily on available water
resources.
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The foliage of Eastern Cottonwood trees
bends and flitters in the breeze while
casting ample shade down below.
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Mature Eastern Cottonwoods have
extremely rough bark with deep vertical
fissures and ridges.
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A look up the tall trunk of an older Eastern
Cottonwood.
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An example of older Eastern Cottonwood
bark at the trunk base.
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Eastern Cottonwood trunks may grow
quite large in width. A park patron happily
posed to show the size of this old growth
tree.
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Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides is valued
as a timber tree for its tall, straight trunk.
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Eastern Cottonwood, Populus
deltoides ssp. deltoides.
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Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp.
deltoides, growing in a mixed deciduous
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