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§1 Plant

Populus fremontii S. Watson

vernacular Fremont cottonwood — species · Salicaceae

USDA: POFR2
GBIF: 3040237
Rank: species

Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii) — Platephotograph · riverbettyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Salicaceae Mirb.
Genus: Populus

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Native

§2b

County-level range

· 60 counties across 5 states/territories

Legend Native · 60 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Medium
Shade: High
Moisture use: High
Fire: Medium
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: Medium
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -13 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 165 min.
Precipitation: 20–26 in/yr
pH range: 6–8
Root depth: 32 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Stem
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 90 ft
Height @ 20 y: 50 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Moderate
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: White
Fruit colour: White
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Early Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Spring
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Propagation: seed, cuttings, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Lumber: No
Fuelwood: Low
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 60 counties across 5 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 14 N ▾

Nevada view state ↗ 13 N ▾

New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾

Texas view state ↗ 5 N ▾

Utah view state ↗ 22 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/POFR2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3040237 ↗

Record version

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