Cottonwoods: "Summer Snow" the Natural History of Cottonwoods and Their Seeds

from Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna · host Soleil Gaylord

Cotton "snow" fills the June skies of Telluride. The "June blizzard" signals the beginning of summer for all the residents of the valley. In this diary entry of Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna listeners will learn how the "cotton" shed by female Narrowleaf Cottonwoods (Populus angustifolia) and Plains Cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) is formed. Learn why this cotton and the cottonwood trees are important to the survival of these majestic trees that border riparian areas of the west. Photo: The author is framed by Narrowleaf Cottonwood (Populus angustifolia) that line Main St. Telluride Photo Credit: R Gaylord 2019.

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Learn about the natural history of the narrow leaf and common cottonwood and how these important trees are an important ecological component of the riparian zones of the west.

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