Cottonwood

Cottonwood or cotton wood may refer to:

Plants

 * Celtis conferta subsp. amblyphylla, a tree in the hemp and hackberry family
 * Hibiscus tiliaceus, a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family
 * In the genus Populus, a number of difficult-to-distinguish trees:
 * Populus angustifolia (narrowleaf cottonwood), in the Great Basin
 * Populus balsamifera (balsam cottonwood), in Canada and parts of northern United States
 * Populus heterophylla (swamp cottonwood), in the eastern United States
 * Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood), in the Pacific Northwest of North America
 * Populus x jackii (balm-of-Gilead)
 * Populus × acuminata, lanceleaf cottonwood,
 * Populus sect. Aigeiros, a section of three species
 * Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), in eastern, central, and southwestern United States, and parts of Canada and Mexico
 * Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood), in the southwestern United States and Mexico
 * Populus nigra (black poplar), in Europe, Asia, and Africa

Places

 * Cottonwoods, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada

United States

 * Cottonwood, Alabama, a town
 * Cottonwood, Arizona, a city
 * Cottonwood, California, a census-designated place in Shasta County
 * Cottonwood, Yolo County, California, a ghost town
 * Cottonwood, Colorado, a neighborhood in the town of Parker
 * Cottonwood, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the City of Fayetteville, Georgia
 * Cottonwood, Idaho, a city
 * Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, a city
 * Cottonwood, Minnesota, a city
 * Cottonwood, Coal County, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
 * Cottonwood, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
 * Cottonwood, South Dakota, a town
 * Cottonwood, Callahan County, Texas, an unincorporated community
 * Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas, a city
 * Cottonwood West, Utah, an unincorporated area in Salt Lake County that has since become part of the cities of Holladay and Murray
 * Cottonwood Heights, Utah, a city south of Cottonwood West
 * Alamo, Texas, a city in Texas, US, the name of which means "Cottonwood tree" in Spanish/Mexican

People

 * Eli Cottonwood, ring name of professional wrestler Kipp Christianson formerly from WWE's NXT
 * Joe Cottonwood (born 1947), American author of fiction and poetry

Other uses

 * Cottonwood Limestone, a geologic member of limestone in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma
 * Cottonwood (EP), a 2019 EP by NLE Choppa