Populus fremontii – Dithyramb

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My favorite tree.

I’ve had a favorite tree—not just a favorite kind, but an individual tree—in all the places I have lived. This stately cottonwood at San Pedro House has won my heart now that I’m settled in Cochise County.

Do you have a favorite where you live, either one you regularly see or in memory?

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I love the way cottonwood leaves dance in the slightest breeze.

Frémont’s cottonwood (Populus fremontii), near the Millville Townsite,

San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona.

Soon.

Frémont’s cottonwood (Populus fremontii) getting fluffy, at the Tres Rios Wetlands in Phoenix, Arizona. This photo was taken in March 2016.

Hanging out, hanging on.

Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in a cottonwood that’s holding on to its last leaves. On the Anza Trail near Tumacácori, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

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