OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides   FAMILY Salicaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides, Eastern Cottonwood

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2363_p_deltoide

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides, Eastern Cottonwood

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).

image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides, Eastern Cottonwood

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_deltoides_delt_7861

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides, Eastern Cottonwood

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_deltoides_delt_7868

March    Iredell County    NC

image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides, Eastern Cottonwood

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_p_deltoides_delt_3741

April    Catawba County    NC

image of Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides, Eastern Cottonwood

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

 

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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

 

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