Eastern Cottonwood Symbolic of Community History
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Rockford, IL – Natural Land Institute’s Legacy Tree Program has announced the 2026 August Tree of the Month is an Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) located on the grounds of Nature At The Confluence, 306 Dickop St., South Beloit.
It is 77 feet tall, has an average crown spread of 87.5 feet, and a circumference of 179.4 inches (14.95 feet!)…