NameThatPlant.net: Populus heterophylla

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Swamp Cottonwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Populus heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-005:

Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Populus heterophylla

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Cottonwood

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image of Populus heterophylla, Swamp Cottonwood

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_156

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pohe4_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Populus heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-005:
Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Populus heterophylla

2574

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: blackwater and brownwater swamp forests, tidal swamp forests, depression ponds, interdune ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
12-20 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

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