Balm-of-Gilead

Balm-of Gilead catkins, West Dorset

Catkin with female flowers

Female flowers with 2 bifid white stigmas

Close-up of stalked perianth cup,
ovary and bifid stigmas
Fruits on elongated catkin
Closer view of fruits
'Seed' inside fruit

Fruit case showing plume of hairs

Fruits with hairs

Populus type dispersal fluff

Tree in summer

Variegated leaves

Upper leaf surface

Lower surface

Spreading by suckers

Root with suckering stems

Trunk with grey bark

Tree in winter