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Populus tremuloides



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Populus tremuloides
Quaking aspen

The dioecious flowers consist of male catkins that resemble hairy silver-gray caterpillars as they emerge in March, opening to fat yellow 2" catkins, and female catkins are slightly longer and more narrow. In either case, the flowers are ineffective.

 
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