| Cottonwoods |
| The Arapaho people believe that cottonwood trees are fundamental to the creation of the star-filled night skies. When the night spirit needs stars, it asks the wind spirit to blow, and blow hard it does, until conttonwood trees shed some of their branches. At the broken places is left a star-shaped pattern in the wood, where a new star was born into the sky. |
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| Cottonwood trees can live to be over 100 years old. There are cottonwoods on the Great Plains today that were living when the great herds of bison still roamed the prairie. Cottonwood trees are related to poplars and aspens, with which they share the same shaking, shimmering leaves. Back to Trees Back to Tarol's Homepage |
| Cottonwoods and Mt. Tom Owens Valley near Bishop, CA |