Wildlife

Narrowleaf cottonwood; willowleaf poplar

Populus angustifolia
Habitat
Chouteau Co., MT
Conservation
Vulnerable

No specimen collected, though Lewis provided full description, even noting that beaver seemed to prefer its softer bark.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Narrowleaf cottonwood; willowleaf poplar

Oct 30 1805
Clark: October 30, 1805
...d which I never Saw before, Some resembling Beech & others Poplar.Day dark and disagreeable I with 2 men proceeded down the river 2 miles on an old Indian parth to ...

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