{"id":18442,"date":"2021-09-28T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=18442"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:40:43","slug":"id-that-tree-eastern-cottonwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/id-that-tree-eastern-cottonwood\/","title":{"rendered":"ID That Tree: Eastern Cottonwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this edition of ID That Tree<\/a>, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to one of our common bottomland trees, the Eastern Cottonwood. This tree stands out for its triangular or delta shaped leaves, often with prominent teeth along the edges, which extend from long flattened leaf stems. This native tree is named for its early season fruit, which is a little tuft of white hairs that holds a small seed that is produced in large quantities and often blown far from the parent tree.<\/p>\n