Common Name - Eastern Cottonwood

Scientific Name - Populus deltoides

Description: small, green, flask-shaped, elliptical capsules, 0.375 inches long, hang from branches in long, narrow clusters up to 8 inches long and, when mature in spring, divide and split open to release many tiny, dark brown seeds, each attached to a tuft of cottony hairs. Eastern Cottonwood Tree Fruit with Seeds
The Eastern Cottonwood Tree Fruit

Description:
small, green, flask-shaped, elliptical capsules, 0.375 inches long, hang from branches in long, narrow clusters up to 8 inches long and, when mature in spring, divide and split open to release many tiny, dark brown seeds, each attached to a tuft of cottony hairs.

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