Activists Confront Trump's Border Wall Plan in Rare Arizona Cottonwood Tree Protest The towering Arizona cottonwood tree, estimated to be over 100 years old, stands as a rare specimen of the Fremont's cottonwood (Populus fremontii) species native to the southwestern United States.
Its gnarled branches stretch towards the sky like withered fingers, a testament to the harsh conditions it has endured for centuries.
The tree's location on the Arizona Mexico border made it an unlikely candidate for preservation.