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Fremont cottonwood

Populus fremontii

Photo by CoralAvery
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33.0605, -117.116

Field Notes

Description:

Tree with heart shaped green leaves.

Habitat:

Spotted by freeway during hike to Lake Hodges in Escondido.

Reference Links:

Populus fremontii, Calflora: Populus fremontii

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
Ashish
Hi.. This is juvenile stage of this mid size tree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_fremontii
CoralAvery
Afraid not Ashish, I spotted this while hiking in California so it's probably native.
CoralAvery
ScottRasmussen, I definitely saw the resemblance in your link with the leaves, but I never did see any of the growth from your link. However it is the most closely related species so far. Thank you for the ID! And thanks Emma as well! :)
HemaShah
Thnx for the expert advice Scott.!!
ScottRasmussen
The link in that spotting also refers to Fremont Cottonwood, but the tree in those pictures is a Western Redbud.
HemaShah
@ Coral and @ Scott is there any similarity bet this spotting? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6878251
ScottRasmussen
It's an aspen or cottonwood, genus Populus, but I'm not sure what grows in CA besides P. tremuloides, Quaking Aspen. The leaves seem too triangular for Quaking Aspen, Fremont Cottonwood maybe? http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=10256
CoralAvery
Could this be a black cottonwood tree?

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Identify that Tree - California

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PublishedAugust 8, 2011

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