Salicaceae
Cottonwood
Populus × smithii
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Populus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cottonwood
Synonyms
- Populus barnesii W.H.Wagner
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Bennett, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.