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eastern cottonwood

Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual,  USFS)   

Wood Technical Fact Sheet
(courtesy of Hardwoods of North America, Forest Products Lab, USFS)

Fire Effects On
(courtesy of  U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects) 

 From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)

North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry) 

The Great American Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry) 

Recent Champion: 85' height, 121' spread, 433" circumf., Cassia County, Idaho
National Register of Big Trees

Eastern Cottonwood Images
(courtesy of  ForestryImages.org)

Buy an Eastern Cottonwood Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)

Range Map
{Native Range of Platanus occidentalis}
-The native range of eastern cottonwood, USFS.

Quick Stats
Common Names:  Carolina poplar, southern cottonwood

Habitat:  Bordering streams and in wet soils

Description:  One of the largest eastern hardwoods

Uses:  boxes, crates, furniture, plywood, pulp

Atlantic White Cedar Plate(enlarge plate)

 

 

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