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Populus fremontii, commonly known as Frémont's cottonwood, [1] is a cottonwood (and thus a poplar) native to riparian zones of the Southwestern United States and northern through central Mexico. [2] It is one of three species in Populus sect. Aigeiros. The tree was named after 19th-century American explorer and pathfinder John C. Frémont.
Populus angustifolia, commonly known as the narrowleaf cottonwood, [2] is a species of tree in the willow family . It is native to western North America, where it is a characteristic species of the Rocky Mountains and the surrounding plains. [ 3 ]
I scanned the trees and saw that a maple tree had "exploded". The explosion caused a big crack in the tree about three feet high. When a winter wind stirs the frozen trees, they sometimes appear to burst vertically. When it was 40 degrees below zero at night, I lay awake and listened to the trees explode. That's a true wilderness thermometer!
The Balmville Tree was an old-growth eastern cottonwood growing at the intersection of River Road, Balmville Road and Commonwealth Avenue in Balmville, New York, a hamlet within the Town of Newburgh. It was the oldest tree of that species in the Eastern United States .
Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas, a city; Cottonwood West, Utah, an unincorporated area in Salt Lake County that has since become part of the cities of Holladay and Murray; Cottonwood Heights, Utah, a city south of Cottonwood West; Alamo, Texas, a city in Texas, US, the name of which means "Cottonwood tree" in Spanish/Mexican
Joshua trees are already struggling to reproduce in a warming climate. Replacing those lost in the York fire may be all but impossible, experts fear. California's famed Joshua trees are burning up ...
Burning Man 2024 was a wild ride, with Mother Nature throwing a few curveballs that no one saw coming. The nine-day festival, which ran from Aug. 25 through Sept. 2, reportedly welcomed around ...
Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed vegetation, or "slash", is then left to dry, usually right before the rainiest part of the year.