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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Cottonwood is described as a hardy prairie forest and shelterbelt tree, not as a fruit cultivar. Northwest Nursery Co. called it a pioneer tree widely planted for rapid growth in the North Dakota region [S1].
The catalog separates White Cottonwood from Yellow Cottonwood. It says White Cottonwood produces timber of little value. Yellow Cottonwood is described as having wood of fair value for fuel and timber, with a finish compared to Basswood [S1]. The nursery says it raises only Yellow Cottonwood [S1].
Cottonwood is praised as a landscape tree where it has enough moisture after the first few years [S1]. The same source says it does not tolerate crowding and is therefore poor for groves, but especially fine for drives [S1]. For shelterbelts, the catalog recommends two to four foot transplanted Cottonwoods as the best planting size [S1].
The hardiness evidence is geographic, not a formal zone rating. The recommendation comes from a Valley City, North Dakota nursery catalog about trees for prairie yards, groves, shelterbelts, and windbreaks in North Dakota and the northwestern region [S1]. The source gives no fruit, edible use, parentage, breeder, release date, or cultivar-level origin for Cottonwood.
The catalog gives one blunt caution: do not plant Cottonwood as a nurse tree because it is fatal to other trees [S1]. This appears to describe its effect in mixed plantings, not a disease or toxicity claim about fruit.
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co..
Selected source quotations
“COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth.”
— PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co., p7
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 103 | PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co. | unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | p7 | Two to four foot transplanted Cottonwoods are the most satisfactory to plant in shelter belts.; Do not plant the Cottonwood as a nurse tree as it is fatal to other trees.; The nursery raises the Yellow Cottonwood only.; |
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| 103 | p7 | recommendation_context | Two to four foot transplanted Cottonwoods are the most satisfactory to plant in shelter belts. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | recommendation_context | Do not plant the Cottonwood as a nurse tree as it is fatal to other trees. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | selection_origin_reference | The nursery raises the Yellow Cottonwood only. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | description_snippet | The Yellow Cottonwood has wood with fair value both as fuel and timber and has about as fine a finish as the Basswood. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | description_snippet | The White Cottonwood produces timber which is of little value. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | recommendation_context | It will not stand crowding; hence is a poor grove tree, but especially fine for drives. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | growth_habit | It is a splendid tree when grown where it can have sufficient moisture after the first few years. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p7 | description_snippet | This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | COTTONWOOD-This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | page_block:0.90 |
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| recommendation_context | Two to four foot transplanted Cottonwoods are the most satisfactory to plant in shelter belts. | 0.94 |
| recommendation_context | Do not plant the Cottonwood as a nurse tree as it is fatal to other trees. | 0.96 |
| selection_origin_reference | The nursery raises the Yellow Cottonwood only. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | The Yellow Cottonwood has wood with fair value both as fuel and timber and has about as fine a finish as the Basswood. | 0.84 |
| description_snippet | The White Cottonwood produces timber which is of little value. | 0.90 |
| recommendation_context | It will not stand crowding; hence is a poor grove tree, but especially fine for drives. | 0.93 |
| growth_habit | It is a splendid tree when grown where it can have sufficient moisture after the first few years. | 0.88 |
| description_snippet | This is a pioneer tree and has been planted generally because of its rapid growth. | 0.95 |
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