Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: >: Brown/yellow elongated cluster – catkin, males ¾-1 inch long, females 1/3-3/4 inch long
• Leaves: ¾-1½ inch long, ½-1 inch wide, tip broadly rounded, base wedge-shaped, toothed edges
• Bark: gray-red/brown, pale lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: erect, stout, short-cylindric clusters, 1/3-1 inch long
• Height: 4-12 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: open bogs, fens, peatlands, swamps

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Superior National Forest, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/superiornationalforest/5098081374/
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
• 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)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Ontario Trees
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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