Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Males; yellow/brown elongated cluster – catkin, 3 inches long Female; brown bud, red stiles at tip
• Leaves: 2½-4½ inches long, 1¼-3 inches wide, widest above the middle, taper to sharply pointed tip, rounded to somewhat heart-shaped base, edges coarsely double-toothed
• Bark: new twigs are green/yellow, mature bark brown with scattered white lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: round nut, 1/3-½ inch in diameter, within green husk, husk has long tubular beak at least twice as long as the nut, is ruffled at tip, and covered in bristly hairs
• Height: 10-20 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: moist to dry; open woods, thickets, river banks, fence rows

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Plant Image Library, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/138014579@N08/28584755846/
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
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• 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)
• Jepson eFlora
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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