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Plant - winter Sedona area
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Leaves Sedona area
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Flowers Sedona area
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Fruit Sedona area
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Fruit Sedona area
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Bark Willow Dells Tr
Jeff Schalau | |
Origin: Introduced
General Description: Deciduous. An introduced fast growing tree up to 60 feet. The crown is open and rounded with slender, spreading, brittle branches and many dead branches. Trunk short and thick, soon dividing into several large, wide-spreading limbs. Prolific seed producer.
Identification notes: Crown open. Leaves alternate, simple, narrowly elliptic, tapering to a point, dark green above; flowers drooping, crowded clusters appearing before leaves; fruits single-seeded, round, winged.
Height: 60 feet Width: 40 feet
Habitat Description: Cultivated; escaped and established along roadsides, hedgerows, along streams and disturbed habitats.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 0 - 7500 feet
Color: Greenish Shape: Inconspicuous in round clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: Mar - Apr
Description: Stamens and pistils in separate flower, no petals, to 1/8 inch wide, pale green clusters appear in early spring before leaves develop. Clusters of 6 to 15 greenish flowers.
Leaf Color: Dark green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Bottom of leaves
Description: Elliptical, slightly thickened, blunt-based and saw-toothed margins with many side veins. 1 to 2-1/2 inches long. Dark green and smooth above, paler and hairy below.
Color: Pale green to light brown Type: Winged Description: Thin, flat, wafer-like fruits (samara). Roundish, with notch at top. 1/2 inch in diameter. Initially pale green but later turning light brown when ripe in the spring.
Bark Color: Gray or brown Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Irregularly furrowed and rough. Often streaked with light bleeding stains caused by bacteria.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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