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§1 Plant
Populus angustifolia James
vernacular narrowleaf cottonwood — species · Salicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Populus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 77 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 115 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 60 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 60 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,000,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 77 counties across 6 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Conejos 08021
- Delta 08029
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Pitkin 08097
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Weld 08123
Montana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Cascade 30013
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
New Mexico view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Dona Ana 35013
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAN3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3040196 ↗Record version
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