Description ³

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, 3/8-2 ¼ inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: pointed oval, 1-3 inches long, up to 1 ¼ inch wide, 2-3 times longer than wide, hairy, prominent veins
• Bark: thin, smooth, gray, becomes furrowed with age
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of elongated green/yellow capsules with and inflated base
• Height: 4-25 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: swamps, shores, wetland edges, thickets, seeps, swales, wet meadows, wet ditches

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/5027584564/
2. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/26961811321/
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
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• 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
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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