Friday, February 18, 2022

Friday Flower 7 - alder

The alder produces not what we typically think of as a flower, but is all the same. The long dangly bit is the catkin or male flower. The red bit at the top is the female flower and called the cone. These are popping out in the swamp that is our front yard right now.

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