Cottonwood
Cottonwood 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

See also
Cottonwood Island (disambiguation)
Cottonwood Lake (disambiguation)
Cottonwood River (disambiguation)
Cottonwood Township (disambiguation)
Cotton tree (disambiguation)