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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Populus heterophylla
FAMILY
Salicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Swamp Cottonwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus heterophylla
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Populus heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-005:
Populus heterophylla FAMILY Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Populus heterophylla
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Cottonwood
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_156
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pohe4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Populus heterophylla
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Populus heterophylla
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Populus heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-02-005:
Populus heterophylla
FAMILY
Salicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Populus heterophylla
2574
Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: blackwater and brownwater swamp forests, tidal swamp forests, depression ponds, interdune ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
12-20 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins, inflorescence pendulous
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p309
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p115
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p248
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