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Plant - fall Copper Basin Rd North of Aspen Creek Tr
Doug McMillan | Plant - summer Walker Rd near the Potato Patch
Doug McMillan | Leaves Prescott area
Jeff Schalau | Leaves Walker Rd near the Potato Patch
Doug McMillan | Bark Walker Rd near the Potato Patch
Doug McMillan | |
Origin: Native
General Description: Deciduous. Upright with spreading branches and a rounded crown. Admired for its white bark and brilliant fall color change.
Identification notes: Medium tree, spreading branches; whitish bark which grays with age; resinous buds. Leaves smooth on flat stems, oval, broader than long, finely toothed, rounded at bases, pointed tips; whitish-green beneath, dark green above. Catkins densely flowered.
Height: 40 feet Width: 15 feet
Habitat Description: Found in wet or intermittently wet areas in woodlands and forests and along meadow edges.
Plant Communities: Riparian
Elevation: 4200 - 9000 feet
Color: Yellow, green, brown Shape: Inconspicuous in elongated clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Jun
Description: Flowers tiny and inconspicuous in catkins. Catkins elongate before the leaves expand and are 1/2 to 2-1/4 inches long. Male and female catins on separate trees.
Leaf Color: Dark green, whitish-green Type: Simple Shape: Triangular Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: N
Description: Leaves to 3 inches long, whitish-green beneath, shiny dark green above, circular to triangular with pointed tips, minutely toothed, borne on slightly flattened stalks. Brilliant golden or orange fall color. Winter buds reddish-brown, resinous.
Color: Light green or pale brown Type: Capsule Description: Narrowly ovoid, 2-valved capsules bearing 6 to 8 cottony seeds with a single female catkin bearing 70 to 100 capsules.
Bark Color: Whitish to grayish Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth Bark and Branch Description: Bark is smooth and thin, whitish and becomes gray with age, thick and furrowed at base of older trees.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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