Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed understory tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Brown/red elongated cluster – catkin, males 1 ¾-3 ½ inches long, females ¼ inch long
• Leaves: 1½-4½ inches long, 1-3 inches wide, egg-shaped edges are jagged and coarsely double-toothed
• Bark: grayish to reddish brown with pale horizontal lenticels
• Fruit/Seed: oval to egg-shaped, cone-like clusters up to 2/3 inch long
• Height: 10-25 feet
• Flowering: May - March
• Habitat: bogs, swamps, shores, stream banks, swales, borders of wet meadows

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jill Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jillllybean/14812241240/
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)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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