POPULUS FREMONTII In a single day, one Fremont cottonwood drinks more water than a huge saguaro cactus would need for several lifetimes. Fremont cottonwood - Los Angeles Times ...

The Cottonwood tree is much more emblematic of Carson City than the Bristlecone Pine. Further, the Carson River, an essential element of Carson City, appears not to have been represented in the ...

The Fremont Cottonwoods along the San Diego River in Mission Gorge are now showing their best tawny foliage. You can park at the Old Mission Dam historic site or the Mission Trails Regional Park ...

The Annual Green-to-Golden Transition of San Diego’s wild grasslands normally takes place in late March or early April. But this winter season’s late and heavy precipitation triggered a late ...

PHOENIX — Amid the Arizona heat, researchers are finding Fremont Cottonwood trees can cool themselves down, but their survival depends on consistent water access. The trees essentially sweat ...

John C. Fremont fed his horses the inner bark of cottonwood trees during a brutal winter in Reno. Snow in the Sierras prevented him reaching California for many months. The trees would later be ...

The National Champion Tree Program will begin taking nominations for new Champion Trees on February 28. Crowned champions, like Frémont’s Cottonwood National Champion in Arizona (pictured ...

Even if the water returns, it's unlikely that the trees will. In fact, the range of the Fremont cottonwood, which has been quite broad and diverse, likely will narrow in the coming years.

It was a really big tree. With a base that spanned 9 feet across, the huge cottonwood made people standing by it look rather small. The tree was found during a levee assessment, said Lottie ...