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Eastern Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides) Native Growing Regions: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Populus
• Family: Salicaceae
• Order: Salicales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Tree
• Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: N'EAST
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC FACW
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FAC) 2(FAC+) 3(FAC+) 4(FAC) 5(FAC) 6(FAC) 7(FACW-) 8(FACW*) 9(FAC)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: Yes
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: Yellow
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Color: White
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Single Stem
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 80
• Height Mature (feet): 190
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Short
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: Yes
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: High
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: Medium
• Fertility Requirement: Medium
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 100
• Hedge Tolerance: Low
• Moisture Use: High
• pH (Minimum): 4.6
• pH (Maximum): 6.5
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 170
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 800
• Precipitation (Minimum): 20
• Precipitation (Maximum): 55
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 24
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -43
• Bloom Period: Spring
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: High
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Spring
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Spring
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 425000
• Seed Spread Rate: Rapid
• Seedling Vigor: High
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Slow

Eastern Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides)

Populus Deltoides, or more commonly know as Eastern Cottonwood, is a tree with green foliage and yellow flowers of the genus Populus. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 190 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during spring and is intolerant of shade. Populus Deltoides or Eastern Cottonwood‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Tags: Dicot, Green, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Perennial, Populus, Rapid, Salicaceae, Salicales, Single Stem, Tree

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