Narrowleaf Cottonwood
Populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf cottonwood reads almost like a willow, with slender pale-green leaves lining mountain streams across the interior West. A key riparian tree at higher elevations than Fremont cottonwood.
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–60 ft
- Spacing
- 20–35 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~367 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, SD, UT, WY