Black Cottonwood, Balsam Poplar
Populus trichocarpa
Synonyms: Populus balsamifera, Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa
A black cotton wood in late winter showing its form. The leaf buds on this speciman are already swelling in preparation for new leaves in early April. Photographed at the Deschutes Rive rState Recreation Area near the mouth of the Deschutes River...........February 11, 2012.
The photo above shows the leaf shapes of leaves
of black cottonwood from SnowKing SnowPark along Rd #82on the southeastern slopes
of Mt. Adams........August 25, 2005. The upper leaf surface is
shown in the middle.
Black cottonwood as seen on the banks of Major Creek about 100 meters north of Washington Highway 14 in the Columbia River Gorge.......May 28, 2013. The pendant catkins are releasing their fluffy seeds.
Leaf buds of black cottonwood as seen at the start of the Memaloose Trail at the west end of the Interstate 84 Memaloose Rest Area east of Mosier, OR.......March 20, 2018.
The photo above shows the lighter colored lower
leaf blade surface of black cottonwood from SnowKing SnowPark along Rd #82on
the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 25, 2005.
Paul Slichter