Answer: cottonwood

AnswerCrossword Clue
COTTONWOODTree housing Preminger?
COTTONWOODA poplar
COTTONWOODCertain poplar
COTTONWOODAspen's shady cousin
cottonwoodA North American poplar with seeds covered in white cottony hairs
cottonwoodan American tree of the poplar genus, having seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs