Grooved grey bark of the Eastern Cottonwood tree next to Hingston Hall on the Loyola campus. Photo credit: Katya Tavitian Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoids; Peuplier deltoïde) is a tall native ...

The eastern cottonwood tree (eastern poplar or populus deltoides) can grow from 70-100 feet tall, according to Michigan's Department of Natural Resources, and they prefer to grow in wetlands and ...

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.

But here in New Hampshire, most cottonwoods grow right along our major rivers, where water levels rise and fall unpredictably. They grow fast, shooting up to 100 feet tall in just a few decades.