Sitka Alder Catkins
Male catkins of the Sitka alder on a summer afternoon at the very top of Snoqualmie Pass at the edge of Gold Creek Pond. These unlikely looking flowers supply the pollen that will pollenate the nearby cone-like female catkins - not with insect pollinators, but by the wind!
- Copyright
- © 2013
- Image Size
- 2848x4288 / 8.3MB
- Keywords
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A. viridis, Alnobetula, Alnus, Alnus viridis, Alnus viridis subsp. sinuata, Angiosperms, Betulaceae, Cascades, Eudicots, Fagales, Gold Creek Pond, Kittitas County, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Plantae, Rosids, Sitka alder, Slide Alder, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, alder, alpine, birch, catkin, cone, dicot, flower, green, perennial, seed, shrub, spring, subalpine
- Contained in galleries
- Deciduous Trees (Hardwoods)
