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