The eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) is a large, fast-growing tree that prefers moist, well-drained soils near wetlands and waterways. These stately trees can grow to well over 100 feet tall, ...

Trees are smarter than you think, and the evidence is found in their unique ways they disperse their seeds. Cottonwood trees release white tufts that float in the air – a dreamy sight until you ...

A stretch of Tanque Verde Creek looks as if it might be changing gradually from a watercourse to a woodland. Tall cottonwood trees, bushy shrubs and even a palo verde tree are growing in the creek bed ...

Giant dams built to conserve the Colorado River have nearly wiped out nearby native cottonwood trees, causing big ecosystem disruption. Tiny dams built to mimic those built by beavers could bring them ...

I took this photo June 11. It shows the seed pods of a cottonwood tree bursting with what looks like cotton. In the mass of fluff are tiny seeds that are dispersed by the wind. Cottonwood trees ...

An upstate arborist found what he believes is the state’s biggest tree in the town of Schaghticoke. He was ecstatic. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today we’ll meet the tree that an ...

If you walked on Presque Isle State Park in late May up through early June, what you saw was not snow. Nor was it cotton balls falling from the sky. It was our own special warm-weather snow, the ...

I concur with Ed Smith’s letter of Dec. 9. The Cottonwood tree is much more emblematic of Carson City than the Bristlecone Pine. Further, the Carson River, an essential element of Carson City, appears ...