the.com/cottonwood
the fast-living giant that snows in summer and dies young by tree standards
summer snowFemales release cotton-fluffed seeds that drift like blizzards
speed demonGrows up to 6 feet in a single year
short lifeRarely lives past 100 despite massive size
thirsty rootsMarks underground water for desert travelers
talking leavesFlattened stalks make foliage rustle in faintest breeze