"Southwestern Quebec to Manitoba, south to western New England and southward in United States" (Reed, 1964).
Gets the name "cottonwood" from the cottony seeds. Leaves are broadly deltoid, with bases that are straight across to subcordate, with 2-3 basal glands. Petiole is flattened laterally.
Riverbanks and bottomlands. Common in the Potomac River drainage system (Brown and Brown, 1972).
Host plant for various moth species including Cottonwood Twig Borer Moth, American Dagger Moth, and Common Gluphisia Moth (Database of World's Lepidopteran Host Plants, Miller et al., 2018, Gilligan, Wright, & Gibson, 2008).
There are 129 records in the project database.
GA | AL | WA | FR | CL | MO | HO | BA | BC | HA | CE | PG | AA | CV | CH | SM | KE | QA | CN | TA | DO | WI | SO | WO |