It is easy to carve, making it popular with artisans as well. Herbalists sometimes use the buds and bark of cottonwood to treat aches and pains and skin irritations. The three cottonwood ...

The bark was made into buckets for storing and carrying food. The leaves, buds and bark of cottonwood were used to lower fevers and reduce inflammation and pain. Plant chemists isolated this ...

Has a bitter aspirin taste. Fire generally kills eastern cottonwood. Mature trees with thick bark may be only scarred or top-killed. Fire scars may facilitate the onset of heartwood decay.