Populus deltoides

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Family:SALICACEAE
Species:Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall
Common Name:Eastern Cottonwood
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PODE3
Plant Notes:Eastern Cottonwood is a large native deciduous tree in the Willow family (Salicaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Eastern Cottonwood occurs on floodplains, in swamp forests, and in disturbed wet areas. It is a large tree reaching 150-180 feet in height and 11 feet in diameter. The bark is smooth and green or tan in color on young stems and deeply furrowed and light gray in color on the trunk. The branches are glabrous or slightly pubescent and 5-angled when young. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, triangular-ovate in outline, glabrous, with serrate margins. The petiole is flattened near the base. Flowers are produced in axillary pendulous catkins before the leaves emerge. The male flowers have 30-40 yellowish stamens. The female flower has an ovary disc that is saucer-shaped and 2-4 plate-like stigmas. The fruit is a capsule. The seed have a tuff of white fibers and are wind dispersed. Eastern Cottonwood is one of the fastest growing trees in eastern North America and can grow in excess of 20 feet/year. It is sometimes cultivated as a shade tree and is grown in plantations for pulp production.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC+ (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilySALICACEAE - Willow family
Genus Populus
Species Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall - Eastern Cottonwood

Citation

Citation Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall, Arbust. Amer. 106. 1785.
Basionym: **
Type: "Carolina and Florida", Bartram s.n. (holotype: BM?).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aigeiros virginiana Aigeiros virginiana (Fougeroux de Bondaroy) Tidestrom, Elys. Marianum, Salic. 3: 16, pl. 3. 1910.Populus virginiana Fougeroux de Bondaroy 1787. 
Populus angulata Populus angulata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 407. 1789.  
Populus angulata var. missouriensis Populus angulata Aiton, var. missouriensis A. Henry, Trees Great Britain 7: 1811. 1912.  
Populus balsamifera var. virginiana Populus balsamifera Linnaeus, var. virginiana (Fougeroux de Bondaroy) Sargent, J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 63. 1919.Populus virginiana Fougeroux de Bondaroy 1787. 
Populus canadensis var. virginiana Populus canadensis Moench, var. virginiana (Fougeroux de Bondaroy) Fiori, Iconogr. Fl. Ital., ed. 2. 109. 1921; Nuova Fl. Ital. 1: 351. 1923.Populus virginiana Fougeroux de Bondaroy 1787. 
Populus caroliniensis Populus caroliniensis Moench, Verz. Ausl. Baeume Weissenst. 81. 1785.  
Populus deltoides var. angulata Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall, var. angulata (Aiton) Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 2: 212. 1913.Populus angulata Aiton 1789. 
Populus deltoides var. virginiana Populus deltoides Marshall, var. virginiana (Fougeroux de Bondaroy) Sudworth, Check List For. Trees U.S., Revis. 65. 1927.Populus virginiana Fougeroux de Bondaroy 1787. 
Populus monilifera Populus monilifera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 406. 1789. CANADA
Populus nigra var. virginiana Populus nigra Linnaeus, var. virginiana (Fougeroux de Bondaroy) Castiglioni, Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 334. 1790.Populus virginiana Fougeroux de Bondaroy 1787. 
Populus palmeri Populus palmeri Sargent, Bot. Gaz. 67: 211. 1919. TEXAS: Uvalde Co.: Nueces Canyon, upper Nueces River,
Populus virginiana Populus virginiana Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Mém. Agric. Soc. Roy. Agric. Paris 1786: 87. 1787.  
Populus balsamifera    
Populus deltoides var. missouriensis Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall, var. missouriensis (A. Henry) Rehder, Gard. Chron., ser. 3. 56: 46. 1914.Populus angulata Aiton, var. missouriensis A. Henry 1912. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Colbert, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1952 - 1988

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_6326 Montgomery Apr 1908 Andrews, Elizabeth F.
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
UNA00011747 Henry 13 Jun 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7243		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
JSU142871 Jackson 15 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
686		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000023500 Randolph 27 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2899		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132906 Limestone 19 Jun 1998 Hofmann, Tim L.
01352		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_14170 Montgomery 21 Jun 1967 Rankin, H.Taylor
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
JSU132900 Cherokee 15 Apr 1967 Collier, Gary
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000023660 Pike 01 May 1989 Blanton, Lola M.
s.n.		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132905 Lee 10 Aug 1968 Johnson, Stephen C.
X-49-222		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_1972 Lee 2 May 1953 Walsh, C.S.
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
JSU132910 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9231		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132903 Etowah 13 Sep 1972 L'Eplattenier, R.
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_2974 Lee 6 Aug 1962 Gramlich, Jim
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
ALNHS00002910 Colbert 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-359		 ALNHS
Populus deltoides Bartr.
USAM000014123 Mobile 11 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4320.2		 USAM
Populus deltoides Marshall
UNA00011753 Tuscaloosa 24 Jul 1952 Yates, Jack C.
s.n.		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
UNA00011751 Mobile 10 Apr 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D366		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
AUA_ACC_52399 Pike 9 Apr 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9050		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
AUA_ACC_13115 Butler 23 Apr 1966 Mixon, William
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
JSU144239 Jefferson 16 May 1973 Heptinstall, L.L.
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132913 Talladega 1 Jul 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
266		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000034573 Wilcox 11 Apr 1983 Kral, Robert
69883		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_61072 Choctaw 22 Oct 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1282		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
TROY000008839 Dale 28 Jul 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
936		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
UNA00011752 Tuscaloosa 09 Mar 1963 Deramus, Rebecca
259		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
SAMF0008117 Jefferson 25 May 2022 Davenport, L.J.
7008		 SAMF
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0014968 Bullock 29 Mar 2012 Dykes, Bailee
433		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132904 Jefferson 4 Jul 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
USAM000014124 Wilcox 27 Sep 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6949		 USAM
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000023658 Pike 12 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19249		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_46594 Mobile 5 May 1983 Mclendon, Dean B.
94		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
UWAL0037249 Walker 15 Apr 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14511		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
JSU139138 Calhoun 15 May 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UNA00073825 Etowah 14 Mar 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6047		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
TROY000023499 Randolph 01 Sep 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4244		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0043533 Baldwin 27 Jul 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
537		 UWAL
Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall
AUA_ACC_65806 Crenshaw 12 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16674		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
JSU132899 Calhoun 1 Jul 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
ALNHS00000461 Dallas 16 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-36		 ALNHS
Populus deltoides Bartr.
AUA_ACC_10753 Lee 17 Apr 1963 Keyes, John W.
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
AUA_ACC_58177 Tallapoosa 9 May 1998 Tyler, Patricia J.
TYLER226		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
JSU132902 Etowah 11 May 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1462		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_11529 Lowndes 6 Jul 1967 Anonymous
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
UNA00056190 Geneva 05 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12177		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
JSU132912 Randolph 27 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2899		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0003990 Pike 12 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19249		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
JSU132911 Morgan 26 Apr 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17449		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA000038821 Morgan 23 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6269		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
JSU132897 Blount 10 May 1993 Dasinger, Adam P.
96		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000035201 Montgomery 11 Mar 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22824		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132907 Marshall 11 Jun 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0011205 Montgomery 11 Mar 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22824		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132898 Calhoun 3 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11806		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_10289 Lee 10 Aug 1962 Avault, Jim
 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh. Ssp. Deltoides
UNA00011758 Greene 25 Apr 1967 Naugle, Helen E.
G 242		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
JSU132914 Talladega 2 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13639		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0049261 Bullock 01 Oct 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3607		 UWAL
Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall
UNA00011749 Hale 30 Jun 1966 Thomas, Joab L.
840		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
AUA_ACC_43753 Wilcox 26 Apr 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2390		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
UWFP016523 Escambia 05 Jun 2004 James R. Burkhalter
19902		 UWFP
Populus deltoides W. Bart. Ex Marsh.
JSU132896s Calhoun 28 Oct 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3046		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000035337 Bullock 29 Mar 2012 Dykes, Bailee
433		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
JSU132909 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18567		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0003988 Marengo 19 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1150		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
TROY000042135 Houston 23 Apr 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26212		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0013240 Lawrence 18 Apr 2012 England, J. Kevin
3322.1		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Marshall
UNA00011753 Tuscaloosa 24 Jul 1952 Yates, Jack C.
s.n.		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
UNA00034237 Jackson 18 Aug 1988 Burckhalter, Robert
1475		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
UWAL0043534 Baldwin 29 Aug 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
939		 UWAL
Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall
UWAL0003989 Marengo 15 Oct 2006 Reynolds, R. Brock
39		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
UWFP016521 Baldwin 21 May 2005 James R. Burkhalter
20386		 UWFP
Populus deltoides W. Bart. Ex Marsh.
JSU132908 Marshall 6 Oct 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6763		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UNA00011748 Tuscaloosa 26 Jun 1974 Hoener, Fred K.
1058		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
AUA_ACC_44109 Conecuh 10 Jun 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2562		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
UWAL0005840 Wilcox 11 Apr 1983 Kral, Robert
69883		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Marsh
TROY000008837 Butler 23 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17936		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWAL0032432 Morgan 23 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6269		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marshall ssp. deltoides
TROY000023659 Marengo 19 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1150		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
UNA00012025 Marengo 08 May 1987 Burckhalter, Robert
968		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
UNA00011750 Mobile 26 Mar 1967 Deramus, Rebecca
D1049		 UNA
Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. subsp. deltoides
JSU132901 Colbert 4 Jul 1969 Sizemore, Donny
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
UWFP016522 Escambia 29 Aug 1987 James R. Burkhalter
10707		 UWFP
Populus deltoides W. Bart. Ex Marsh.
JSU144238 Jefferson 04 Jul 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Populus deltoides Marshall
SAMF0005993 Etowah 14 Mar 2016 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6047		 SAMF
Populus deltoides Marshall
TROY000008838 Crenshaw 12 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16674		 TROY
Populus deltoides Marshall
AUA_ACC_45826 Lowndes 3 May 1971 Donavan, Lois A.
283		 AUA
Populus Deltoides Bartr. Ex Marsh.
UWAL0035711 Etowah 14 Mar 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6047		 UWAL
Populus deltoides Marshall
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