The leaves make a nice sound when the wind blows as well. My grandparents had them on their farm near Vale Oregon. I would always camp outside and fall asleep to the sound.

Thank you in AK our lot has about thirty cottonwood right next to our fence. The fluff has been floating for three weeks.

I once lived along a creek with cottonwoods. I hated them. They were continually shedding something including sticky buds and branches four inches in diameter.

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Thank you! You taught me a lot! I’m “somewhat” familiar with cottonwoods, as I have a few on my property. I also use them for firewood, to heat my shop in the winter… I live outside of Carson City, Nevada on an acre of land. Right now, I’m actually transplanting several shoots that are coming up a couple of feet from the big ones. Here is another reason to love cottonwoods” and “another reason to hate them”: Under “favorable conditions” for the tree, they are the “fastest” growing tree in North America! They can grow up to 6’ (yes, six feet) in one growing season! I can personally attest to this, because I have been monitoring one of my cottonwoods that was a 4 foot sapling 3 years ago. Today it stands 22’-8” tall with a 6” diameter trunk (measured at 3’ above ground level)!!! They provide a lot of shade in a relatively short time! Now the “reason to hate cottonwoods”… Their shallow root system, will destroy a septic system’s leach field!!! Remember the term “favorable conditions”? Yeah, well that 22 foot cottonwood found that my leach field qualified for “favorable conditions” status! Well there ya go, and thank you again for adding useful knowledge to my brain…

sounds like you were talking about my dad when you mentioned how easy it is to carve cottonwood. and my dad makes feathers too lol

I've got some cotton woods on my property and was the delighted to learn so much. Thanks man

Great video, thanks 👍

Reason #12-Balm of Gilead. Look into collecting the buds in early spring.

Another great video bud it's interesting to learn about this, I've never seen these type of trees in Canada. Have a great day!

How about all the birds that nest in cottonwood cavities, how about the water that is taken into the trunk of the cottonwood in the Spring when water is plentiful which is released into the groundwater in the Fall when water isn't plentiful, how about the transpiration cycle when water vapor from the leaves is released into the atmosphere in the Summer to cool the valley, how about the leaves, seeds and branches that are food for the invertebrates in the stream, etc.

Just found your channel and I love it.Keep up there good work amigo!

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Delighted to have found your channel. Before moving to Mexico, I had always lived in Oregon and Washington. I used to love roaming around the eastern parts of both states, and went exploring and camping as far away as the Santa Rosa Mountains in northern Nevada. Great to see an appreciation for a very common tree in those parts.

Looks like the inside bark would also be excellent bedding for the animals …sounds like a very useable as well as free and convenient wood…sounds perfect …thank you for sharing nature and all of its wonders and being a steward of the animals and the land…blessings wished

Aspen and cottonwood are both a type of Poplar (Populus)

Nice! We have Cottonwood in Ohio but how abundant it is depends on the region. Maples tend to choke out a lot.

These type of videos are nice. I've enjoyed what I've seen and this sorta topics are really interesting.

This was very entertaining & informative!

Hey Richard was wondering if you could do a video on your hats! What styles, brands, the quality of the felts, and where you get them!

Found some wierd looking thing in my garden n it turns out it was a baby cottonwood tree. It’s pretty cool n imma try to grow them boys

wow what a channel!

Nice video Richard, I did learn something new about cottonwood. I had no idea it is such a useful wood. I don't know if there's any around the area kn PA where I live but I would love to try my hand at carving a spoon out of it. Take care till next time buddy.

Great idea & great video. I live under huge cottonwoods in the forest...pretty dangerous as you say. You know how easy it is to propagate cottonwoods & willows right? ...Just snap off the tips of those fallen branches, put em in a container 50-80% full of water & you'll root whole new fast-growing trees. It seems like you should be able to grow some of the species we have here in W WA...or is it just too hot east of the mountains? Do you have berries at all?

Useful info and those chickens just moseying thru looking for a snack cracked me up! Inside of tipi looks inviting. Could you cover your new tipi? Have you had snakes coming in? Would love to have one but I'm afraid copperheads will be a problem. Really bad here. Literally underfoot multiple times each summer and up close where they have no business being. Take care!

Good job bro

Hey! Love the channel. Are people burning alot of tamarisk yonder?

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As a tropical country, here in Paraguay we have plenty of types of wood for every task we have :)

The bark makes good coals

It’s also a VERY messy tree i have 8 in my yard they keep you busy

We use to have a lot of it along the river here ..I guess it drinks too much water so these farmers got rid of most of them ..

We have a ton of cottonwood in Vermont

How about the name cotton. The seeds can be used for textile fiber, like the plant. Also can be used for friction fires. You can get a bunch of the seeds and have tinder.

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I h ate cottonwood with all my soul. They're weak, they serve no purpose. Hell, they're not even worth burning.

curious????????do you have any clues to approximately how many gallons of water it would take to sustain a mature cottonwood tree daily in the summertime?