Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, hang from leaf axils, 1-3 ½ inches long, males with tiered red stamens, females with long red stigmas, male and female flowers on separate trees
• Leaves: round, large rounded teeth, 2-4 inches long, 1 ¾-3 ½ inches wide
• Bark: young bark gray/green and smooth, older bark gray/brown and furrowed
• Fruit/Seed: green, narrowly round capsule which releases cottony seed
• Height: 50-95 feet
• Flowering: April - May

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Brad Walker, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Brad Walker
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Mais informações

• BioDiversity4All 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
• Ontario Trees
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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