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Gallery: Seedling or Young Plant
Date submitted: July 29, 2021
Caption: Young seedling growing in a gap between two birch trunks
Photo location: Muskoka, Ontario
Date of photo: July 2021

Gallery: Stem, scape, stalk or bark
Date submitted: July 29, 2021
Caption: Close-up of bark 'plates' on a large tree, est. 60+ yrs old. The tree lives close to a waterfront, and moss / lichen is common on the trees here.
Photo location: Muskoka, Ontario
Date of photo: July 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: July 28, 2021
Photo location: Muskoka, ON
Date of photo: July 2021

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: July 28, 2021
Caption: Detail of 'whorl' needle growth pattern on hardened twigs
Photo location: Wolf Howl Pond, Algonquin Provincial Park, ON
Date of photo: July 2021

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: July 28, 2021
Caption: Close-up of needle growth pattern; natural habitat in background
Photo location: Wolf Howl Pond, Algonquin Provincial Park, ON
Date of photo: July 2021

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: May 17, 2021
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 16, 2021

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: May 17, 2021
Caption: Young growth with red pigmentation
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 16, 2021

Gallery: Emerging Growth
Date submitted: May 16, 2021
Caption: New growth in spring. Young leaves are markedly pubescent (fuzzy).
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 16, 2021

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: May 10, 2021
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 10, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: May 10, 2021
Caption: Large specimen growing out of a tree trunk (visible behind the flower)
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 10, 2021

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: May 6, 2021
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 24, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: May 6, 2021
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 6, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: May 6, 2021
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: May 6, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 27, 2021
Caption: Bloom, nearly unfurled
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 27, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 27, 2021
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 27, 2021

Gallery: Roots
Date submitted: April 13, 2021
Caption: Roots exposed due to soil erosion. Note young bark on the roots contrasted with mature bark on the trunk.
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 12, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 13, 2021
Caption: Active male catkins in full bloom. They scattered copious pollen when touched.
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 13, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 5, 2021
Caption: Maturing catkins on a wild tree
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 3, 2021

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: April 5, 2021
Caption: Catkins on a wild specimen. (Not yet completely open.)
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: April 3, 2021

Gallery: Stem, scape, stalk or bark
Date submitted: March 24, 2021
Caption: Mature bark
Photo location: Simcoe County, Ontario
Date of photo: March 2021