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Common Sallow (Grey Willow)

 
Common Sallow, West Dorset
 
 
Male catkins - 3 stages in development
 
 
Developing stamens, bracts, black scales and silky hairs
 
 
Close-up of stamens - filaments and anthers
 
 
Hairy bracts, 2 stamens per flower
 
 
Young female catkins, grey twigs
 
 
Close-up of bract, young ovules and stigmas
 
 
Close-up- grey ovules, bifid white stigmas
 
 
Developing fruits - remains of stigmas
 
 
Fruiting catkins - ovules/capsules
 
 
Close-up of capsules with hairs
 
 
Fruits with seed dispersing fluff
 
 
Leaves - slightly twisted at apex
 
 
Grey branches and twigs
 
 
Much branched tree trunk in wet woodland