American Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

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Signs of Spring: American Pussy Willow Catkins

Salix discolor

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Macro Monday: An Alder Catkin

Alnus serrulata

This is an alder catkin. We checked in on our house in northern Vermont to see what happened over the winter. We've decided that this grove of alders has to go, so they will be brush hogged soon. The female catkins are smaller, rounder and browner than the male and they grow next to the males. You can't see them here though.

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White Birch Catkins

I haven't paid attention to when these catkins appeared. They could have been in the birch tree since summer. I have to learn to be more observant. But they were very obvious to me today as they hung down over our snowshoe trail. Below is a poorly focused photo of the seeds after they fell off the catkin. They are trefoils so that they attached easily to the fur of passing mammals.




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One Single Impression: Flowering Pussy Willow

Beautiful willow —
catkins gray, green and yellow
softly adorn you

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My pussy willows (all wild, none are cultivated) are all blooming. The catkins are not the showy flowers of spring, but are muted and gentle. During this week of death and memories, the pussy willows sustain me with their special version of flowering life and renewal. Pussy willows grow everywhere here in very wet soil, which I have because I live in an area of underground spring water that bubbles to the surface nearly everywhere. Go here to read more about the American Pussy Willow and go here to see the most fantastic photographs of the catkins that can be seen anywhere.

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