Q We had a 30- to 40-year-old cottonwood tree on our property. ... our yard started to spout growth from the root system of the tree that has spread nearly 50 yards from the site of the cottonwood.

They have a shallow, widespread root system sprouting numerous fine rootlets. This system combines to absorb surface water, hold soil, and make the tree wind-firm. As you probably know, prairie ...

Arborists warn cottonwood trees can be dangerous. Not only are they prone to rotting, they also have very shallow root systems. But no one expects them to topple onto people.

The cottonwood trees that monument visitors appreciate haven’t had it easy. Just taking root is a challenge for cottonwood seeds, which are dependent on spring flooding because they need bare ...

Q. I have a cottonwood tree that I planted about 12 years ago, so it is approximately 16 years old.Recently it shed about half of its leaves which it seems to do every year about this time. I know ...

Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) is a large, native tree that grows to 100 feet tall and 75 feet wide. Sometimes referred to as Eastern poplar, or Eastern cottonwood, it is in that group of poplars ...

Remember, Presque Isle is 100% sand, and the shallow roots sometimes cannot hold the taller cottonwood trees. If you have been out at the park, you may have noticed all the fallen trees.

In 1900, one source referred to the cottonwood as "proving itself an admirable shade-tree." The cottonwoods along the southern side of my house have certainly proved their value in this respect.

We own a ranch in Wyoming on the Nowood River bottom, but the house sits up above overlooking the ranch. I transplanted some of the native cottonwood trees last spring from the bottom and put them ...

The tree’s seeds are blanketed by thin white floss, sort of like a dandelion, allowing them to hitch a ride on the breeze away from their parent tree, perhaps to somewhere they might take root.