Retired wildlife biologist Tami Gingrich details the unique qualities of the cottonwood tree, highlighting their showy seed ...

Centuries ago this tree was used for all kinds of medicinal properties of its bark and pods. The name of catalpa originated ...

It seems fitting that Nebraska, which has chosen the cottonwood as its state tree, would have the largest one in the United States. The Nebraska Forest Service learned this week that a towering ...

Arid low desert and vegetated high desert meet in this beloved natural gem, offering visitors stunning vistas and rewarding ...

PATAGONIA - What was long the nation's biggest cottonwood tree is dead, split into two slabs, its gargantuan trunk sprawling askew. Its base is hollow, its bark, rotting. Most of its leaves are ...

In 2021, Lake Michigan’s water levels rose and took down the sanctuary’s eastern fence. Beavers that lived in NU’s lagoon found their way in, and cut down many of the cottonwood trees.

Winner of the 2020-2022 big tree hunt in the 15 years old or younger category. Aiden Presnell stands in front of the Eastern Cottonwood tree in Saline, Michigan, measuring at 208 inches around.

Yes, snow. And for that I can thank the majestic Eastern cottonwood tree that has been growing on the farm on the edge of a creek since, well, before the farm was cultivated. It was growing there ...

“This tree here is about 12 feet bigger around than Canada’s biggest eastern cottonwood tree, so to me that means we have the largest eastern cottonwood tree on earth,” Alan Bartels sai ...

An Eastern Cottonwood catkin. Their flowers grow on catkins ... Unlike most deciduous trees, trembling aspen can photosynthesize through their bark, even in winter. Big-toothed aspens look ...

5 - ID That Tree: Eastern Cottonwood -- On this edition of ID That Tree ... This species, which provides rot resistant wood great for outdoor usage, features beautiful flower clusters in early summer, ...