[5] Swamp poplar can reach a height 50 to 100 ft at maturity.

[2] This species is indigenous to warm, temperate regions in North America, although nowhere is it considered abundant.

[4] Swamp cottonwood can be found along the east coast of the United States from Connecticut to Georgia, as well as northwestern Florida and west to Louisiana.

[4] Ideal growth will happen in areas where the water table is near the surface for all but two to three months a year.

[4] There are no special uses or commercial value for this species due to the similarity to Populus deltoides, which grows faster and easier.