Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoidesnative · Hill Country
Eastern Cottonwood is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 12–36 ft tall and 60 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and high water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in spring. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
6 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- High
- Height
- 12–36 ft
- Spread
- 60 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
1,026 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.