Populus deltoides var. occidentalis
Rydb.
Plains cottonwood
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Summary
Source: WikipediaPopulus deltoides, the eastern cottonwood or necklace poplar, is a species of cottonwood poplar native to North America, growing throughout the eastern, central, and southwestern United States as well as the southern Canadian prairies, the southernmost part of eastern Canada, and northeastern Mexico.
Description
A tree.
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Edible Uses
The wood of eastern cottonwood is typical of the Populus family in its softness, weighing just 0.45 g/cm3 (28 pounds per cubic foot). It is utilized for things like plywood and interior parts of furniture. General Custer fed his horses and mules the bark during the 1868–69 winter campaign against Native American tribes south of Arkansas. According to Charles Goodnight, cowboys afflicted with gastric disorders would make an astringent tea from the inner bark.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are used as a chewing gum. The inner bark is eaten. The buds and seed capsules are eaten.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
North America, USA,
Other Information
The fruit are chewed especially by children.
Notes
There are about 35 Populus species.
Synonyms
References (5)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994) (As Populus monilifera)
- Farrar, J.L., 1995, Trees of the Northern United States and Canada. Iowa State University press/Ames p 345
- J. Arnold Arbor. 58:204. 1977
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 428 (As Populus deltoides var. monilifera)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
