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Sweet Birch Female Seed Catkin - Betula lenta Trees produce seeds every 1-4 years, starting at around 40 years of age. Male catkins are pendulous and ~1.5 cm long. Female catkins are half the size of the male catkins and are upright. I think this is a female catkin plus two stalks from catkins that have lost their seeds already.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125842/sweet_birch_-_betula_lenta.html" title="Sweet Birch - Betula lenta"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/125842_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=2UYfyURj87Tja1YB1jryMQngaFI%3D" width="110" height="152" alt="Sweet Birch - Betula lenta There were no leaves on the tree and I forgot to go back later in the summer...I&#039;ll try next year to get some shots of the leaves!<br /> <br /> The fermented sap from this species was once used to make birch beer. When crushed, the leaves and twigs smell like wintergreen.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest, streamside <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125858/sweet_birch_female_seed_catkin_-_betula_lenta.html Betula,Betula lenta,Geotagged,Spring,Sweet birch,United States,birch,black birch" /></a></figure> Betula lenta,Geotagged,Spring,Sweet birch,United States,betula,birch,birch fruit,birch seeds,catkin,female catkin Click/tap to enlarge

Sweet Birch Female Seed Catkin - Betula lenta

Trees produce seeds every 1-4 years, starting at around 40 years of age. Male catkins are pendulous and ~1.5 cm long. Female catkins are half the size of the male catkins and are upright. I think this is a female catkin plus two stalks from catkins that have lost their seeds already.

Habitat: Deciduous forest

Sweet Birch - Betula lenta There were no leaves on the tree and I forgot to go back later in the summer...I'll try next year to get some shots of the leaves!<br /> <br /> The fermented sap from this species was once used to make birch beer. When crushed, the leaves and twigs smell like wintergreen.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest, streamside <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/125858/sweet_birch_female_seed_catkin_-_betula_lenta.html Betula,Betula lenta,Geotagged,Spring,Sweet birch,United States,birch,black birch

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The Sweet birch

''Betula lenta'' is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.

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Similar species: Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Dec 16, 2021. Captured Apr 9, 2021 11:39 in 15 East St, Litchfield, CT 06759, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm