Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

40-60', 60-100'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Grey, Tan

 

Fruit Color

White

 

Fruit Season

Summer

Sun

Full

 

Water

Medium, High, Extra in Summer

 

Growth Rate

Fast

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Poor, Well-drained, Moist

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

Invasive

Design Styles

Ranch

 

Accenting Features

Fall Color

 

Seasonal Interest

Summer, Fall

 

Location Uses

Background, Park

 

Special Uses

Shade Tree, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Fremont cottonwood is a fast-growing tree, growing 50 to 60 feet tall and wide. Its bark is smooth and whitish when young, becoming brown and deeply furrowed in age. Females produce fuzzy, white cotton. Leaves are green, turning a brilliant yellow in the fall. This is a big tree, well suited to natural areas, parks, and riparian areas. Great wildlife value. A Utah native. There are male clones available that do not have cotton; some are planted at the Day-Riverside Library near the driveway entrance.

Grow in well-drained, alluvial, sandy to sandy-clay loams with varying degrees of organic matter, clay, or other fine soil and rock deposits. Fremont cottonwood is found mostly along low elevation (seldom above 6,000 feet) stream channels that are constantly moist. It may also be scattered in moist valley bottoms. It is shade intolerant.