Eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 27 m
- wide
- 14 m
Salicaceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. Canada to MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 23 m to 30 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 11 m to 18 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Asturian
- chopu americanu
- Finnish
- Amerikanmustapoppeli
- Armenian
- Բարդի կանադական
- Dutch
- amerikaanse populier, Amerikaanse populier
- Turkish
- Amerika kara kavağı
- Ukrainian
- Тополя дельтолиста
- Chinese
- 东方白杨, 美洲黑杨
- Slovenian
- virginijski topol
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Populus deltoides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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