Salicaceae

Populus deltoides

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Populus deltoides
Family: Salicaceae
Common: eastern cottonwood

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Wet sites, recently disturbed
Range: Eastern US, Canade

TREE TRUNK

Size: 18 ft
Bark: smooth when young, deep ridges

LEAVES

Simple
Alternate
rhomboid
illegible base
margins are illegible to dentate
glands on peticle (flat)

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: catkins (reddish)
Fruit: thousands of seeds (airborne) cotton buds

USES

Wildlife – deer browse, rabbits, beaver

Commercial – veneer for plywood, pulpwood

TOLERANCES

shade: no
flood: high
salt: moderate
drought: moderate