Currently, the Balmville Tree is the oldest eastern cottonwood in the United States.
Populus | Populus tremuloides | Populus tremula | Populus alba | Populus nigra | Populus fremontii | ''Synurus deltoides'' (AIT.) NAKAI | Populus sect. Aigeiros | ''populus Romanus'' (Roman people) | ''Populus nigra'', originating in the United States from plantings by André Michaux | Populus lasiocarpa | Populus deltoides | Plebidonax deltoides |
Within the valley the vegetation is bottomland hardwoods such as black ash, willow, box elder, cottonwood, and elm.