[Cottonwoods and Poplars: The Genus Populus in the Southwestern Deserts of the United States]

Fremont cottonwoods beginning to leaf out along a small creek near the mouth of Woods Canyon, just east of the Red Rock Visitor Center and Ranger Station to the south of Oak Creek, Arizona.........March 20, 2015.

A fremont cottonwood beginning to beginning to leaf out amongst many clonal willows in the photo at lef and in the proximity of a saguaro cactus in the photo at right. Photographed along the Bill Williams River auto tour, Bill Williams River NWR............February 23, 2013. There were quite a few warblers, orioles and warblers in the tops of the trees at the time of this visit.

A fremont cottonwood observed along California Highway 78 about half a mile east of Scissors Crossing, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park......March 31, 2010.