Salicaceae
Fremont cottonwood
Populus fremontii
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Afrikaans
- Vaalhartspopulier
- Arabic
- حور فريمونت, حور فريمونتي
- arz
- حور فريمونتى
- Cantonese
- 棉白楊, 富來孟楊, 弗里氏楊, 費蒙楊
- Chinese
- 弗里氏杨, 弗里氏楊
- English
- Fremont cottonwood, Alamo cottonwood, Fremont's cottonwood, Frémont's cottonwood
- Hebrew
- צפצפת פרימונט
- Latvian
- Fremonta papele
Synonyms
- Populus arizonica Sarg.
- Populus canadensis var. fremontii Kuntze
- Populus deltoides var. fremontii (S.Watson) Cronquist
- Populus fremontii subsp. fremontii
- Populus fremontii var. arizonica (Sarg.) Jeps.
- Populus fremontii var. fremontii
- Populus fremontii var. macdougallii (Rose) Jeps.
- Populus fremontii var. pubescens Sarg.
- Populus fremontii var. thornberii Sarg.
- Populus fremontii var. toumeyi Sarg.
- Populus macdougalii Rose
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 102 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irina Mitine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: George Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jessica Leone, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Z, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dmoders, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amthinkia, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Renee Roth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, 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.