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Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
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Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)

General: Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) is a tall, stately tree with a rounded top, heart-shaped leaves, and thick, gray, furrowed bark. The leaf petiole (leaf stem) is laterally flattened (shaped like a knife blade) rather than round, causing the leaves to flutter in a breeze.

Fremont's Cottonwood is found along washes, rivers, and other wet areas in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zone.

Around Las Vegas, look for Fremont's Cottonwood trees around springs and along streams. Good places to see this species include Corn Creek at Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Wheeler Camp Spring at Red Rock Canyon, and at several of the remote springs in Gold Butte National Monument.

Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)

Family: Willow (Salicaceae).

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Plant Form: Tall, stately tree with flat to rounded top.

Height: 40 ft (to 90 ft).

Trunk: Tall, stout, with deeply furrowed, gray bark.

Leaves: Heart shaped, glossy green. Produce "fall color" at the end of summer.

Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)

Flowers: Catkins. Separate male and female trees.

Seeds: Small seeds tufted with cottony hairs that ride on the wind.

Distribution: Washes, river corridors, springs from west Texas to California.

Elevation: To about 6,000 feet.

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Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Willow Spring, southern Gold Butte National Monument
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Willow Spring, southern Gold Butte National Monument
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Cottonwood at a desert spring in Gold Butte National Monument
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood with fresh leaves during spring
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fresh leaves in the spring sprout from branch tips
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fresh leaves in the spring sprout from branch tips
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fresh leaves in the spring sprout from branch tips
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fresh leaves in the spring sprout from branch tips
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Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood catkin buds
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood catkin buds
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood catkin buds
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood catkin buds
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood catkin buds
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood catkin buds
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fall colors
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Fall colors
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Poplar Petiole Gall induced by Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid (Pemphigus populicaulis)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Poplar Petiole Gall induced by Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid (Pemphigus populicaulis)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Poplar Petiole Gall induced by Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid (Pemphigus populicaulis)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Poplar Petiole Gall induced by Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid (Pemphigus populicaulis)

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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