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Blooming Catkins

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Category: Flowers, Plants & Trees

The Willow Tree (Salix capréa) always blooms before setting its new leaves. According to Wiki, this should be a male: 

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6-12 m, rarely to 20 m. The leaves are 3-12 cm long and from 2-8 cm wide, broader than most other willows. The flowers are soft silky, silvery 3-7 cm long catkins, produced in early spring before the new leaves appear; the male and female catkins are on different plants (dioecious). The male catkins mature yellow at pollen release, the female catkins maturing pale green. The fruit is a small capsule 5-10 mm long containing numerous minute seeds embedded in fine cottony hairs. The seeds are very small (about 0.2 mm) with the fine hairs aiding dispersal; they require bare soil to germinate.
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1600x1120px 1.74 MB
Shutter Speed
1/250 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
105 mm
ISO Speed
800
Date Taken
Apr 15, 2011, 5:15:52 PM
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