Salicaceae
Eastern cottonwood
Populus deltoides
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- حور دالي
- Armenian
- Բարդի կանադական
- arz
- حور دالى
- Asturian
- Chopu americanu
- azb
- کانادا قوْواغی
- Belarusian
- Таполя трохвугольналістая, Таполя трыкутналістая
- Bulgarian
- Делтоидна топола, Канадска топола
- Chinese
- 美洲黑杨, 美洲黑楊, 东方白杨
- chy
- Xamaehoohtsêstse
- Croatian
- Sjevernoamerička crna topola
- Danish
- Virginsk Poppel
- dsb
- Ameriski topoł
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse populier, Amerikaanse zwarte populier
- English
- Eastern cottonwood, Necklace poplar
- Esperanto
- Orient-amerika nigra poplo
- Estonian
- Kallaspappel, Kanada pappel
- Finnish
- Amerikanmustapoppeli
- French
- Peuplier de virginie, Peuplier deltoïde, Peuplier noir d'Amérique, Peuplier à feuille deltoïde
- German
- Kanadische Schwarz-Pappel, Amerikanische Schwarz-Pappel, Rosenkranz-Pappel
- Hebrew
- צפצפה משולשת, צפצפה מקוצעת
- hsb
- Ameriski topoł
- Japanese
- ヒロハハコヤナギ, コットンウッド
- Korean
- 미루나무
- Latvian
- Kokvilnas koks
- Nepali
- लहरे पिपल
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Virginiapoppel
- Persian
- صنوبر شرقی
- Polish
- Topola deltoidalna, Topola amerykańska
- Russian
- Тополь дельтовидный, Тополь угловатый
- Slovenian
- Virginijski topol
- Spanish
- Alamo negro de Norteamerica, Álamo negro de Norteamérica
- Turkish
- Amerika kara kavağı
- Ukrainian
- Тополя трикутнолиста, Тополя дельтолиста
Synonyms
- Aigeiros deltoides (W.Bartram ex Marshall) Tidestr.
- Populus angulata Aiton
- Populus angulata var. missouriensis A.Henry
- Populus carolinensis Moench
- Populus deltoides subsp. deltoides
- Populus deltoides var. angulata (Aiton) Sarg.
- Populus deltoides var. deltoides
- Populus deltoides var. missouriensis (A.Henry) A.Henry
- Populus nigra var. virginiana (Foug.) Castigl.
- Populus palmeri Sarg.
- Populus virginiana Foug.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wil540 art, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marilynn Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.