Wildlife
Plains cottonwood
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera
Habitat
Great Plains
Conservation
Secure
Only large tree reliably found by Corps between eastern forests and Rockies. Grows on bottomlands and in moist ravines.
Journal References
15 journal entries mention Plains cottonwood
Aug
3
1805
Lewis: August 3, 1805
...in the valley except a small quantity of the narrow leafed
cottonwood on the verge of the river. the underwood consists of the
narrowleafed or small willow, honeysuckle...
Aug
4
1805
Lewis: August 4, 1805
...is
evening they encamped on the Stard. side in a bottom of cottonwood timber
all much fatiegued.
Aug
10
1805
Lewis: August 10, 1805
...he country produces. there are not more than three or
four cottonwood trees in this extensive cove and they are but small. the
uplands are covered with prickly pears an...
Aug
11
1805
Lewis: August 11, 1805
... but few trees in this botom and those
small narrow leafed Cottonwood. the principal growth is willow with the
narrow leaf and Currant bushes. they encamped this evenin...
Aug
13
1805
Lewis: August 13, 1805
... bearly necessary for fuel consisting of the narrow
leafed cottonwood and willow, also the red willow Choke Cherry service
berry and a few currant bushes such as were c...
Aug
23
1805
Lewis: August 23, 1805
...e of well seasoned soft spongey wood such as the
willow or cottonwood. the point of this arrow they apply to this dry stick
so near one edge of it that the particles of...
Mar
1
1806
Clark: March 1, 1806
...ns. in the
winter their food is the buds of the willow and Cottonwood also the most
of the native berries furnish them with food. they cohabit in flock &
the Cocks fig...
Mar
1
1806
Lewis: March 1, 1806
...e plains. in winter their food is the buds of the
willow & Cottonwood also the most of the native berries furnish them
with food.The Indians of this neighbourhood eat t...
Mar
25
1806
Lewis: March 25, 1806
...d which was much nearer. the
bottom lands are covered with cottonwood, the growth with a broad leaf
which resembles ash except the leaf. the underbrush red willow, broa...
Mar
27
1806
Lewis: March 27, 1806
...ss of drying and if so the seed will not vegitate. saw
the Cottonwood, sweet willow, oak, ash and the broad leafed ash, the
growth which resembles the beach &c. these f...
Mar
28
1806
Lewis: March 28, 1806
... of the island is praries and ponds, with a heavy growth of Cottonwood ash
and willow near the river. we have seen more waterfowl on this island than
we have previously...
Mar
30
1806
Lewis: March 30, 1806
...hich the natives call wappetoe.
there is a heavy growth of Cottonwood, ash, the large leafed ash and sweet
willow on most parts of this island. the black alder common o...
Apr
2
1806
Lewis: April 2, 1806
... wished.
Fir is the common growth of the uplands, as is the cottonwood, ash; large
leafed ash and sweet willow that of the bottom lands. the huckleburry,
shallon, and t...
Apr
12
1806
Lewis: April 12, 1806
...al
speceis and the white cedar. near the river we find the Cottonwood, sweet
willow, broad leafed ash, a species of maple, the purple haw, a small
speceis of cherry; p...
Apr
30
1806
Lewis: April 30, 1806
...old more than on the
Columbia river itself. it consists of Cottonwood, birch, the crimson haw,
redwillow, sweetwillow, chokecherry yellow currants, goosberry,
whiteber...