Salicaceae

Swamp cottonwood

Populus heterophylla L.

Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Populus

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Swamp cottonwood (Populus heterophylla) — FruitPhoto: Adam Breneman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: حور متباين الأوراق
arz: حور متباين الاوراق
Catalan: Àlber de fulles polimorfes
English: Swamp cottonwood, Downy poplar, Swamp poplar
Latvian: Purva liellapu papele
Russian: Тополь разнолистный

Synonyms

Aigiros heterophylos Raf.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FruitPhoto: Adam Breneman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Payton Chung from DCA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: harrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kristine Paulus from New York, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jenxmarie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rhonda Corley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Payton Chung from DCA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, 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.