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Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Eastern Cottonwood is a fast-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 2-9, that matures to about 50-90 ft × 35-60 ft. It does best in full sun with high water needs. It stands up well to wet soil.
- USDA zones
- 2-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 50-90 ft × 35-60 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Tough against
- Wet soil
- Native to
- North America
Freeze survival
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