There are male and female cottonwood trees, said Jacob Conrad, climbing arborist at Holden. Males produce pollen and females create the cottony seeds. The tree itself can grow up to 6 feet a year ...

Between the warm weather and healthy amounts of rain that the Bozeman area has seen, the entire town is completely covered in ...

"Cottonwood Tree Guide: Identification of Eastern, Leaves, Seeds & More." 8 Billion Trees. "Fremont Cottonwood." The National Wildlife Federation.

In May and June, cottonwood seeds, shrouded in fluffy white hairs, set sail on the wind and can float for miles before landing and attempting to sprout. News outlets cover the phenomenon almost as ...

Cottonwoods are fast growing trees in Populus genus. These trees are hardy to zones 2 through 9. Cottonwood trees produce cotton every other year. They preserve their resources. There is a ...

author of “The Cottonwood Tree: An American Champion,” a single Eastern cottonwood can produce as many as 30 million seeds in one season. The older a tree grows, the more seeds it makes.

An eagle nest in a cottonwood tree on the Cold River ... Masses of cottony seeds produced by female catkins drift everywhere in the wind, like a late April snow squall. At its peak, these tiny ...

Memorial Day is about honoring the fallen, but it can also be about celebrating beauty. In my parents’ front yard, the cottonwoods are beginning to shed their seeds. This happens ...

A 105-foot cottonwood tree that was cut out of a Billings backyard last week might have some life left in it. When news of the tree’s demise reached Marty Flanagan, he knew he wanted a piece.