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Stories of Kansas and the Great Plains |
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| Cottonwood Trees in Kansas | ||
| The cottonwood is the state tree of Kansas -- and
also of Nebraska. This member of the poplar family grows to
tremendous
size and is found often along the river and creek bottomland in Kansas.
In those areas, the trees often grow in groves or clumps.
The
individual trees that are found by the roadside or on farm land are
often
stately trees that are very old. Cottonwood trees were brought
west
by settlers and flourish here. We found few good photos of
cottonwoods
elsewhere on the internet, but we did find a few good information
links.
See below.
These photos are of a trees on Hunter's Island south of
Manhattan, Kansas, a rural area bounded by the Kansas River and Wildcat
Creek, and at Cico Park in Manhattan, Kansas.
Photos copyright Jerri Garretson. For rights to
reproduce and costs, send email to: Jerri
Garretson |
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  An old, stately cottonwood tree |
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  Cottonwood leaves |
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 Cottonwood seeds that have not yet opened. |
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 Once the seeds open, the fluffy "cotton" emerges in great tufts and flies through the air. |
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 Cottonwood tree "cotton." This is why they are called cottonwod trees. The white fluff that carries the cottonwood seeds blows through the Kansas air on the wind in May and June. |
| Cottonwood (fact page) | Cottonwood Tree Coloring Page | Our State Tree - Nebraska Cottonwood | |
July 26, 2006