Eastern Native Tree Society Listing of
Significant Cottonwoods of New England
Criteria for Inclusion: 100 ft tall or more OR 12 ft in circumference or more OR height x cir >=1300
Location State Hgt Cir Hgt x Cir
Bartholomew's Cobble MA 128.6 18.8 2417.1
Northampton MA 127.0 10.4 1321.2
Bartholomew's Cobble MA 126.1 9.8 1235.9
Deerfield MA 122.5 9.0 1102.3
Deerfield MA 121.6 7.0 851.5
Bartholomew's Cobble MA 121.4 10.2 1238.4
Bartholomew's Cobble MA 121.2 9.4 1139.0
Deerfield MA 120.4 11.0 1324.7
Deerfield MA 119.8 10.4 1245.6
Holyoke MA 119.3 9.6 1145.5
Longmeadow MA 119.2 8.8 989.0
Northampton MA 118.9 9.5 1129.2
Deerfield MA 118.2 9.0 1063.7
Deerfield MA 117.7 6.9 812.1
Deerfield MA 116.9 10.9 1273.9
Deerfield MA 116.8 7.2 841.1
Northampton MA 116.5 9.0 1048.1
Montague MA 116.3 7.8 907.4
Deerfield MA 115.4 10.0 1154.1
Deerfield MA 115.2 9.6 1106.2
Greenfield MA 115.0 7.7 885.2
Holyoke MA 115.0 11.8 1356.5
Westfield River MA 114.6 10.6 1214.9
Deerfield MA 114.4 8.3 949.6
Deerfield MA 114.2 9.5 1084.8
Deerfield MA 114.1 8.4 958.1
Northampton MA 113.6 9.9 1124.2
Montague MA 113.4 7.3 828.1
Longmeadow MA 113.1 7.9 893.8
Deerfield MA 111.9 6.9 771.8
Bartholomew's Cobble MA 110.5 16.0 1768.7
Chicopee MA 110.5 13.6 1503.0
Northampton MA 110.3 10.5 1158.6
Westfield River MA 110.1 9.5 1046.2
Deerfield MA 110.1 10.4 1145.3
Longmeadow MA 110.1 9.5 1046.1
Hatfield MA 110.1 9.4 1034.7
Arcadia MA 109.9 8.1 890.3
Sheffield MA 109.9 8.3 912.0
Holyoke MA 109.1 9.9 1080.0
West Springfield MA 109.0 7.9 863.0
Holyoke MA 108.9 10.6 1154.8
Northampton MA 108.4 10.3 1116.2
Chicopee MA 108.3 15.7 1700.1
Chicopee MA 108.0 13.4 1447.5
Deerfield MA 107.9 10.4 1121.7
Hatfield MA 107.4 6.5 698.4
Chicopee MA 107.3 10.8 1159.3
Chicopee MA 106.8 10.6 1132.1
Hadley MA 106.6 7.5 799.3
Hadley MA 106.5 10.7 1139.3
Deerfield MA 106.2 10.3 1093.7
Holyoke MA 106.1 12.3 1304.7
Westfield River MA 106.0 8.5 901.2
Chicopee MA 106.0 9.2 975.1
Chicopee MA 105.8 7.9 835.5
Arcadia MA 105.7 9.9 1046.5
Arcadia MA 105.3 11.3 1189.7
Greenfield MA 105.3 9.3 979.0
Holyoke-Brightside MA 105.2 9.7 1020.5
Holyoke-Brightside MA 104.6 7.8 815.7
Hatfield MA 104.3 7.7 803.3
Hatfield MA 103.8 8.1 841.1
Easthampton MA 103.2 12.3 1269.0
Deerfield MA 102.9 11.3 1163.2
Sheffield MA 102.8 6.1 627.3
South Hadley MA 102.8 8.2 842.8
Chicopee MA 102.6 13.7 1405.1
Williamsburg MA 102.4 13.2 1351.4
Chicopee MA 101.7 12.2 1241.3
Holyoke MA 101.7 10.9 1108.2
Hatfield MA 101.4 19.8 2008.5
Hatfield MA 101.3 9.8 993.0
Montague MA 101.3 10.8 1094.0
Northampton MA 101.1 8.7 879.2
Holyoke MA 101.0 8.7 879.0
Northampton MA 100.9 8.8 887.6
Holyoke MA 100.4 14.0 1405.8
Sheffield MA 100.4 5.4 542.1
Ludlow MA 100.4 6.3 632.3
Chicopee MA 99.0 13.5 1337.1
Arcadia MA 94.5 14.1 1332.6
Chicopee MA 92.4 16.1 1487.0
Chicopee MA 90.1 14.8 1333.8
Enfield CT 87.5 14.6 1277.0
Pittsfield MA 86.9 23.3 2024.6
Williams College MA 68.5 15.6 1069.2
Averages   108.5 10.4 1118.7
 

 

Compiled by Robert Leverett, August 09, 2003

The Excel table lists the 87 cottonwoods in my New England database 
that meet any of the following criteria:

Height 100 ft or more
Girth 12 ft or more
Height x girth of 1300 points or more 

The list illustrates that it is far easier to break 100 ft on a cottonwood 
that 12 ft in circumference. The probabilities are about equal at a height of 
116 feet and a circumference of 12 ft. It will be interesting to see the 
probabilities hold after double the list size. I suspect that eventually, the 
probabilities will equal out at maybe 118 feet. I just have that sense. 

However, regardless of where the numbers fall, in terms of cottonwood 
habitat, we haven't even scratched the surface in southern New England.