Description ³

• Shape: Understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, 1/3-2 inches long, green with red stamen/style
• Leaves: oval, pointed tip, double toothed, hairless, 2-5 inches long and 1-2 inches wide
• Bark: grey, smooth, wood underneath rippled and sinew-like
• Fruit/Seed: 2 ¾ inch long elongated cluster of small, greenish, hairy nutlets attached to large, leafy, three lobed bracts
• Height: 20-35 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: hardwood forest, swamps, stream banks

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Daniel Carter, all rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Carter
2. (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/38514062@N03/5562200047/
3. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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