The Burly Cottonwood
Plains Cottonwood (Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera)
Plains Cottonwood
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This Cottonwood has 2 massive burls on it which is quite unusual! It grows in an extremely rare Cottonwood old growth forest just outside of Taber. This oldest have never been logged. The oldest trees in this forest have been estimated to have sprouted in the early 1800s.
- Species
- Plains Cottonwood
- Scientific name
- Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera
- Area
- Alberta
- Circumference
- 5.05 m
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This Cottonwood has 2 massive burls on it which is quite unusual! It grows in an extremely rare Cottonwood old growth forest just outside of Taber. This oldest have never been logged. The oldest trees in this forest have been estimated to have sprouted in the early 1800s.
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