FARGO — Nine new champion trees were found last year across North Dakota, including a cottonwood in Cass County that is considered by the North Dakota Forest Service to be the largest tree in ...

Dams were already killing off North Dakota’s cottonwood trees. Climate change could hasten their decline. The damming of the Missouri River in the 1950s put its cottonwood trees on the ropes.

Use leaves, bark, and habitat to identify a cottonwood tree, ... Quebec, North Dakota, and Texas. Black ... of the most shade-intolerant hardwood tree species, second to only black willow.

In 1986, the North Dakota Forest Service and Centennial Trees Commission joined as sponsors. The “ND Champion Tree Register” was renamed and expanded to include native and naturalized non ...

Eastern cottonwood is one of the largest eastern hardwoods, short-lived but the fastest-growing commercial forest species in North America. Skip to content Menu ...

The blue-footed borer is a native to North America and is able to use willows, cottonwoods, aspens and locusts. A number of wood-boring beetle species make pests of themselves by moving into orchards ...