Life span: Eastern cottonwoods typically live 70 to 100 years, but they have the potential to live 200 to 400 years if they have a good growing environment.

How long do plains cottonwoods live?

It is not a very long-lived tree with an average lifespan of 70 – 120 years. They are very fast growing and one of North America's largest hardwood trees. Fully-grown cottonwoods may range from 70-130 feet in height, 60-100 feet in crown width and 4-7 feet in diameter.

How long do Fremont cottonwoods live?

The flowers are yellow-green in color and appear in early spring. The fruit they produce is a small, light brown egg-shaped capsule that splits three ways to disseminate many small seeds covered with cotton-like fluff for wind dispersal. Cottonwoods can live for more than 130 years.