Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenwalder

Family: Salicaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Monilistus monilifera (Aiton) Raf. ex B.D. Jackson, Populus besseyana Dode, Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. var. occidentalis Rydb., Populus deltoides Marsh. ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw., Populus deltoides Marsh. var. occidentalis Rydb., Populus laevigata (Aiton), Populus monilifera Aiton, Populus occidentalis (Rydb.) Britton ex Rydb., Populus sargenti Dode., Populus sargentii Dode var. texana (Sargent) Correll, Populus sargentii Dode., Populus texana Sargent

Common names:

Alamo (1856, Spanish) (147)

Baka hi (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Cangcjaxu (1918?-1970?, Lakota, chewing wood) (121)

Carolina poplar (1895) (2)

Common cottonwood (1895, SD) (130)

Cotton tree (1840-1876?) (19, 92)

Cottonwood [Cotton wood, Cotton-wood] (1852-1986) (2, 3, 4, 9, 20, 32, 37, 46, 92, 108, 113, 114, 147, 160, 161)

Great Plains cottonwood (1949) (109)

Italian black poplar (1882) (14)

Maa zhon (Omaha-Ponca, cotton tree) (1919) (37)

Natakaaru (Pawnee) (1919) (37)

Necklace poplar (1876-1895) (92, 130)

Northern cottonwood (1923) (138)

Plains cottonwood (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Plains poplar (1942) (155)

Poplar (1856) (147)

River cottonwood (1932) (1, 85)

Sargent's cottonwood [Sargent cottonwood] (1923) (138)

Swiss poplar (1857) (20)

Texas cottonwood (1942) (155)

Texas poplar (1942) (155)

Virginia poplar [Virginian poplar] (1857) (20)

Wága chan (1919, Dakota) (1919) (37)

Wagacang (1918?-1970?, Lakota) (121)

Western cottonwood [Western cotton-wood] (1911-1937) (1, 5, 93, 95, 97, 121)

Western poplar (1942) (155)

White poplar (1821) (12)

Yellow cottonwood (1895, SD) (130)

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