Thursday, 30 September 2010

cottonwood

order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaeae
Genus: Populus
Section: P. sect. Aegiros

characteristics
large deciduous trees, tall, thick
deeply fissured bark and trianglar-based leave green on both sides.
leaves have a flattened stem which makes them flutter in the wind.
flowers appear before the leaves in spring. ,
seeds are connected with cottony fluffy. wind

adaptations
flooding tolerant,

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