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Black cottonwood tree

Eastern Washington

 

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Related information
Populus balsamifera photos and WA distribution map - UW Herbarium
Fluff is survival tactic for a tough species: cottonwood

Butterfly host to:
Mourning cloak butterfly
Western tiger swallowtail butterfly

Reference Books
Intermountain Flora - New York Botanical Garden
Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees: Western Region
A Field Guide to Western Trees

 

Picture of black cottonwood tree or Populus trichocarpa
Black cottonwood tree - Populus trichocarpa

 

Picture of cottonwood cotton downy fluff
Black cottonwood
cotton-like fluff and caterpillar-chewed leaves

 

Black cottonwood with cotton-like fluff
Black cottonwood
cotton-like fluff

 

Picture of black cottonwood bark and leaves
Black cottonwood bark
old and young trunks



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