Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, ½-2 ¼ inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: pointed oval, 1 ½-3 inches long, 1 inch wide, 2-5 times longer than wide, shallow rounded teeth
• Bark: smooth-rough, grey
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of pear-cone shaped capsules, densely covered in short hairs
• Height: 4-14 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: swamps, fens, sedge, meadows, peatlands
• Other: State Special Concern status

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jamie Spence, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jamie Spence
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)
• 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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