Use leaves, bark, and habitat to identify a cottonwood tree, and learn more about cottonwood's characteristics and locations.

Most other species of trees have alternate branching patterns, including oak, cherry, and cottonwood trees. The wood's overall color palette may look dull gray or brown.

Every year the eastern cottonwood trees in Michigan release their fluffy seeds. The end of June likely marks the end of this ...

Winter is the perfect time to learn a new skill when you do not need a green canopy: identifying trees. Here's how to get started.

However, as cottonwood trees can reach over 100 feet, pruning large trees is best done by a professional who can also perform a full tree safety inspection. When to prune a cottonwood tree.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- If you want to impress your friends with your tree knowledge on your next hike, check out the upcoming class from UI Extension Forestry. On April 26, The UI Extension ...

There's a cottonwood tree with a limb hangin' over. We'll do the cannonball off a rope swing. Trent Willmon sets this lakeside scene in his song “The Good Life.” ...

If you've been walking outside recently (when it wasn't raining), you know it is "cottonwood-time." Plenty of little puffs are floating through the air and seem to be piling up everywhere.

Greg and Rita Strehle took down the first of two historical Cottonwood trees on their property near the St. Charles township.

The cottonwood, widespread and native to North America, is dioecious — meaning each tree is either male or female. This particular cottonwood is female and, thus, the anticipated snow.

No doubt the Cottonwood trees presence attracted the eagles to the valley in which Carson City lies, resulting in its being named Eagle Valley. As one of the major overstory trees in riparian areas of ...