Salicaceae facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Salicaceae |
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Salicaceae
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Bembiciaceae |
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Salicaceae is a family of flowering plants. Each plant has either staminate or pistillate catkins. The flowers have no petals or sepals. Each has a small scale-like bract below it. These developing catkins on willows form the well-known "pussy-willow" branches.
Except for two species of Populas (Cottonwood), all the members of Salicaceae in the Bay Area are of the genera Salix (Willows).
Images for kids
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Illustration of a typical salicoid tooth, the yellow area showing the expanding leaf vein and glandular seta.
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Populus trichocarpa leaf margin showing a salicoid tooth. The brownish-yellow area in the axil of the tooth is the glandular seta.
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