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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Eastern Cottonwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Populus deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Populus deltoides var. deltoides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-002:
Populus deltoides FAMILY Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Populus balsamifera
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Cottonwood
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2363_p_deltoide
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_deltoides_delt_7860
March Iredell County NC
2-4" staminate & pistillate catkins appear before leaves in early spring, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_deltoides_delt_7861
March Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_deltoides_delt_7868
March Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_deltoides_delt_3741
April Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_deltoides_deltoid_1
December Catawba County NC
A large native tree with a wide crown, to 45m tall in some sites, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Populus deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Populus deltoides var. deltoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-002:
Populus deltoides
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Populus balsamifera
1140
Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Riverbanks, bottomland forests (not found along blackwater streams), river bars, rarely weedy in upland situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
(30)40-80 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p184
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p186
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p306
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p112
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p46
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p248
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