The Catkins are Blooming
by Lieve Snellings
Title
The Catkins are Blooming
Artist
Lieve Snellings
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Spring is at our door again. The catkins are blooming
Salix viminalis is a multistemmed shrub growing to between 3 and 6 m (9.8 and 19.7 ft) (rarely to 10 m (33 ft)) tall. It has long, erect, straight branches with greenish-grey bark. The leaves long and slender, 10–25 cm long but only 0.5–2 cm broad; they are dark green above, with a silky grey-haired underside. The flowers are catkins, produced in early spring before the leaves; they are dioecious, with male and female catkins on separate plants. The male catkins are yellow and oval-shaped; the female catkins are longer and more cylindrical; they mature in early summer when the fruit capsules split open to release the numerous minute seeds.
This photograph is featured at the FAA group NEW FAA UPLOADS (03/01/2020)
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February 22nd, 2020
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