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§1 Plant
Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenwalder
vernacular plains cottonwood — subspecies · 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
· 371 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 85 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 70 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 364,500
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 371 counties across 10 states/territories.
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 104 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Minnesota view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Montana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Burt 31021
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Hayes 31085
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Kimball 31105
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Madison 31119
- McPherson 31117
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Canadian 40017
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Major 40093
- McClain 40087
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Texas 40139
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
South Dakota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Codington 46029
- Davison 46035
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Jackson 46071
- Jones 46075
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- McCook 46087
- McPherson 46089
- Pennington 46103
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PODEM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3805106 ↗Record version
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