Poplar, Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Deciduous-Trees
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
Populus deltoides Photo Gallery
Populus deltoides Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Populus deltoides |
| Common Name: | Eastern cottonwood Eastern poplar |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | weed tree that should not be used in most landscape situations |
| Characteristics | |
| Height: | 75 - 100 feet tall |
| Foliage: | alternate and deciduous deltoid (triangle) shaped and serrated with a flat petiole dark green in growing season with good yellow fall color |
| Flower: | dioecious; male (catkins) and female flowers open before leaves |
| Bloom Period: | Spring |
| Fruit: | dehiscent capsule which opens with “cottony” seeds in June to July |
| Bark: | ash-gray deep ridges on older trees |
| Environment | |
| Water: | prefers moist areas (native to wet areas), but will grow in dry soils |
| USDA Zone: | zones 3 - 9 |
| Care | |
| Maintenance: | messy tree that will drop branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit weak wood (fast grower) that will break in storms surface roots can be a problem in lawns ‘Siouxland' is a fruitless, male form |
| Additional Notes: | because of many problems with this tree, it has been outlawed as a landscape ornamental by several communities |
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