Every year the eastern cottonwood trees in Michigan release their fluffy seeds. The end of June likely marks the end of this process. Here's what to know.

Every year the eastern cottonwood trees in Michigan release their fluffy seeds. The end of June likely marks the end of this process. Here's what to know.

Previously, the largest known eastern cottonwood tree was in Beatrice. This one along Pibel Lake beat it as the largest in the state and in the nation.

Trees in the willow family contain salicylates, which have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects; aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, which was first synthesized in the 1800s.

The national champion eastern cottonwood breaks the horizon between Hickory Road and Hackberry in Gage County. On the east side of Bear Creek. On Kevin Naber’s land. Naber is a retired farm ...

“It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a big one,’” a Nebraska Forest ...