Common Name	Fremont's Cottonwood
Latin Name	Populus fremontii
Native Habitat	Riparian habitats throughout North America
Soil	Riparian moist soil on or near the surface
Water	Often
Height X Width	To 50 feet x 50 feet
Protective Mechanism	None
Leaves	Green deciduous
Garden Suitability	Ethnobotanical
Ornamental Value	Parks where regular watering takes place
Nature Value	Nesting, erosion control, beavers eat inner bark and build lodges from limbs
Native American Uses	Inner barks eaten, dried inner bark used with flint to start fires, wood used for mortars and to make drum rounds
Links
Data
Images and data	http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Populus_fremontii.html
Images and data	http://extension.usu.edu/range/Woody/fremontcottonwood.htm
Images and data	http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=23886
Distribution	http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POFR2
Nurseries	All

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