Flowers: Staminate and pistillate borne on separate trees, crowded together in catkins up to 5 inches long, appearing as the leaves unfold.
Fruit: Long, narrow, flask-shaped, green, slightly hairy capsules, grouped in elongated clusters, containing many seeds with cottony hairs attached.
Wood: Light weight, soft, pale brown.
Use: Pulpwood.
Habitat: Wooded slopes, edges of woods.
Range: Quebec across to Manitoba, south to central Illinois, east to Maryland; Kentucky and north-central Tennessee east to western North Carolina.
Distinguishing Features: The coarsely toothed, tremoring leaves and the grayish-green trunks combine to make this a tree easy to recognize.
SWAMP COTTONWOOD
Populus heterophylla L.
Other Name: Swamp Poplar.