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SPECIES: Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood

ABBREVIATION
SYNONYMS
NRCS PLANT CODE
COMMON NAMES
TAXONOMY
LIFE FORM
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS
OTHER STATUS
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION

Populus deltoides var. occidentalis Rydb.
   = P. d. ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder [126,128]
P. fremontii var. wislizeni S. Wats
   = P. d. ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Dorn [56,126,128,170]
P. monilifera Ait.
   = P. d. ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder [128]
P. sargentii Dode
   = P. d. ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder [88,126,128]
P. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Sarg.
   = P. d. ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Dorn [56,126,128,170]

NRCS PLANT CODE [211]:

PODE3
PODED
PODEM
PODEW

COMMON NAMES:

eastern cottonwood
plains cottonwood
Rio Grande cottonwood
plains poplar

TAXONOMY:

The currently accepted name of eastern cottonwood is Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. (Salicaceae) [56,128]. It is in the Aigeiros section of Populus [86]. Recognized infrataxa are as follows:

Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder plains cottonwood [48,126,128]
Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder Rio Grande cottonwood [48,56,126,128]

In this species summary eastern cottonwood refers to the species (Populus deltoides) unless otherwise noted as P. d. ssp. deltoides. Plains cottonwood and Rio Grande cottonwood refer to P. d. ssp. monilifera and P. d. ssp. wislizeni, respectively.

Eastern cottonwood hybridizes with Lombardy cottonwood (Populus nigra) to produce P. × canadensis Moench [56,57,88], with narrowleaf cottonwood (P. angustifolia) to produce P. × acuminata Rydb. [47,88], and with balsam poplar (P. balsamifera) to produce P. × jackii Sarg. [47,57,65,88].

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INTRODUCTORY

ABBREVIATION:

SYNONYMS:

NRCS PLANT CODE [211]:

COMMON NAMES:

TAXONOMY:

LIFE FORM:

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:

OTHER STATUS:

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:

Related categories for SPECIES: Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood