Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, male; yellow, up to 1 inch long, female; green-red, 1 ½ inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: rounded tip, ¾-2 ¼ inches long, ¾ inch wide, 2-5 longer than wide, upper surface green and lower surface white
• Bark: Brown
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of pear shaped capsules, brown/red
• Height: 1-5 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: bogs, fens, swamps, peatlands, floating mats

Sources and Credits

1. (c) PA Natural Heritage Program PNHP, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/143646335@N04/39689823254/
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• 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
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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