Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, males yellow and ¾-2 ½ inches long, females green-red 1-3 ¼ inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: egg shaped, 1 ½-4 inches long, up to 1 ½ inches wide, 1-4 times longer than wide, rounded teeth, leaf stalks red
• Bark: gray
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of red capsules, inflated base that tapers to a long beak
• Height: 1-13 feet
• Flowering: May - June
• Habitat: conifer swamps, bogs, fens, sloughs, shores, floating mats

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Rob Routledge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rob Routledge
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
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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