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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus heterophylla   FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

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

        

image of Populus heterophylla, Swamp Cottonwood

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 north of Mexico, vol. 7
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

 

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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
Sepals absent
Petals absent
12-20 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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