Description ³

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, yellow/green, 1-4 inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: elongated oval, long pointed tip often with tail-like extension, 2-5 inches long, 2-6 times longer than wide, finely toothed
• Bark: grey, furrowed with flat ridges
• Fruit/Seed: elongated cluster of pear-shaped capsules, green
• Height: 13-65 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: shores, river banks, floodplains, marshes, swales

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/27442912282/
2. (c) Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016.08.20_10.57.07_DSC05617_-_Flickr_-_andrey_zharkikh.jpg
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)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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