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Cottonwood. 



The common cottonwood is a native through the entire 

 state. It grows the most rapidly and attains the largest size 

 of any of our native species. The wood is light, tough, quite 

 strong, and entirely serviceable for many purposes. It is 

 most commonly used in this state for rough lumber for interior 

 purposes. It is used especially for joists, studding, flooring 

 for bins and mows, stall partitions, and sheathing. In the 

 commercial trade it is used extensively for boxing and crating 

 and for the manufacture of excelsior and fiber for plaster 

 mills. The present price of cottonwood logs on local market 

 is about $12 per thousand board feet. 



FIG. 168. Fine grove of cottonwoods ten years old, on low ground. Boles unusually 

 straight and clear. Planted five by six feet apart; thinned to six by ten feet. 

 [Courtesy Forest Service.] 



