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Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall
Eastern cottonwood
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Malpighiales | A broad group encompassing 16,000 species |
| Family | Salicaceae | Willow family |
| Genus | Populus | Latin for “people” because the many moving leaves in a breeze resemble a moving populace |
| Species | deltoides | Triangular, like the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, delta |
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Populus deltoides description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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