Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall ssp. deltoides
Eastern Cottonwood, Southern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Eastern Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo
Salicaceae (Willow Family)
USDA Symbol: PODEDUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
Eastern Cotton-Wood
Salicaceae
Location: SW of low-water crossing of Salado Creek at Austin Hwy, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Moist clay & limestone, sometimes inundated. Half-shaded by Ulmus & Salix. Several, scattered.
Description: Small tree (immature), 3-4 m tall. Leaves alternate, long petioled, 9 x 10 cm wide/long, deltoid, sharply accuminate at apex, broadly truncate at base, coarsely dentate. Flowers/fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Nov 4, 1994
Specimen number: 726
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1005
Accession Date: Jan 24, 1995
Accession Number: 78
Annotations: DXXXB Dioecious (No flower or fruit)