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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Populus deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
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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Month Unknown Dallas County? TX
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Populus deltoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Populus deltoides var. occidentalis
4495
Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Bottomland forests, swamps, marshes, moist disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Midwest US
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Sepals absent
Petals absent
(30)40-80 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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