Taber Multi-Trunk Cottonwood
Plains Cottonwood (Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera)
Plains Cottonwood
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This ancient Plains Cottonwood has multiple trunks which is quite rare for the species. This tree grows in an ancient Cottonwood forest that has never been logged. The oldest trees in this area are estimated to have sprouted in the early 1800s.
- Species
- Plains Cottonwood
- Scientific name
- Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera
- Area
- Alberta
- Circumference
- 5.97 m
- Height
- 29.96 m
- Canopy spread
- 30.10 m
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Significance
This ancient Plains Cottonwood has multiple trunks which is quite rare for the species. This tree grows in an ancient Cottonwood forest that has never been logged. The oldest trees in this area are estimated to have sprouted in the early 1800s.
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