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What is killing the Cottonwood?

Started by Southside, September 28, 2014, 03:26:32 PM

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Southside

September 28, 2014, 03:26:32 PM
I had to make a trip out to Omha this weekend and a little north of St Joseph,  MO I started to see a lot of dead cottonwood trees. Some looked pretty recent as and some were half dead. I saw some areas where they are actively grubbing out the dead ones. Just wondering what is happening to them.
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September 28, 2014, 05:27:17 PM
I would suspect it is water levels changing, but do not know for sure.
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September 28, 2014, 09:21:28 PM
I was just south of Omaha this summer and noticed all the dead cottonwoods too. I suspect that the prolonged severe flooding of 2011 (and probably some other years too) that occurred during the growing season killed a lot of those trees. Most of the dead ones I saw were in the floodplain along the Missouri.
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September 28, 2014, 09:47:33 PM
It was the floods a couple of years ago. Water sat for some time. Washed out part of I-29 also.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Missouri_River_Flood
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