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§1 Plant

Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenwalder

vernacular plains cottonwood — subspecies · Salicaceae


USDA
PODEM
GBIF
3805106
Rank
subspecies
plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera)
Platephotograph · JanetandPhilCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Salicaceae Mirb.
Genus
Populus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 39 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 39 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
10–35 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
85 ft
Height @ 20 y
70 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Spring
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
364,500
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
Low
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 39 counties across 1 state.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PODEM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3805106 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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