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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Populus deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Populus deltoides var. occidentalis
COMMON NAME:
Plains Cottonwood, Texas Cottonwood
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_posa8_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl20211227_105153
Month Unknown Dallas County? TX
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Populus deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Populus deltoides var. occidentalis
4495
Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Native: Midwest US
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in bottomland forests, swamps, marshes, moist disturbed area, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
(30)40-80 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!