1. Cottonwood, Black and Eastern
Populus trichocarpa

2. Characteristics
• Grey, furrowed bark
• Often exceeds 100 ft
• Common in basin, throughout west
• Heart shaped leaves
• Dark green in spring and summer, lemon yellow
in fall
• Distinctive sihouette
• Fragrant balsamic smelling buds

3. Ecology
• Tree of riparian systems and bottom lands
• Associated with streams in arid lands of
west
• Magnet to passerines migrating and nesting
throughout arid lands of west