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Bald Cypress,
Taxodium distichum
Pollen cones produced in elongated, drooping catkins 3-5" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Weeping Willow,
Salix babylonica
Catkins 18-35mm long, appearing with the leaves, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Upland Willow,
Salix humilis
Catkins flowering before leaves emerge; perianth reduced to a nectary, per Flora of North America.
Upland Willow,
Salix humilis
Floral bracts of pistillate catkins moderately densely hairy, hairs white, per Flora of North America.
Upland Willow,
Salix humilis
Fruiting catkins subsessile, 1.5-3cm long; capsule grayish, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Black Willow,
Salix nigra
Catkins appear in early spring as leaves emerge, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Black Willow,
Salix nigra
Male & female flowers in catkins on separate plants, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Eastern Cottonwood,
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides
2-4" staminate & pistillate catkins appear before leaves in early spring, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Sweet-gale,
Myrica gale
Twigs of mature plants with catkin buds, or buds pointed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Common Wax-myrtle,
Morella cerifera
Male flowers in sessile, axillary, dense cylindrical catkins, 6-10mm x 4-6mm, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Pocossin Bayberry,
Morella caroliniensis
Pistillate (female) catkins.
Butternut,
Juglans cinerea
Staminate flowers in catkins 3-5" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Pecan,
Carya illinoinensis
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Sand Hickory,
Carya pallida
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Mockernut Hickory,
Carya tomentosa
Staminate catkins pedunculate, to 14 cm, stalks and bracts hirsute, scaly, per Flora of North America.
Mockernut Hickory,
Carya tomentosa
Staminate flowers in prominent cylindrical catkins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Green Alder,
Alnus crispa
Pistillate catkins ellipsoid, 0.7-1.8cm wlong, 0.6-1.2cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Green Alder,
Alnus crispa
Male catkin buds sessile, not pendent, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Tag Alder,
Alnus serrulata
Male catkins longer than female catkins, pendent, each one stalked, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
Tag Alder,
Alnus serrulata
Male catkins are conspicuous in winter, and pendulous, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Black Alder,
Alnus glutinosa
Male catkins appear in fall; female appear in spring before leaves emerge, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).
Beaked Hazelnut,
Corylus cornuta var. cornuta
Male catkins sessile and dangling, on 1-year-old lateral twigs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
American Hazelnut,
Corylus americana
Catkin buds distinctly stalked, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
Yellow Birch,
Betula alleghaniensis
Pistillate flowers in erect catkins about 3/4" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Sweet Birch,
Betula lenta var. lenta
Flowers tiny, staminate in drooping catkins near tip of twigs, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
River Birch,
Betula nigra
Staminate flowers in drooping catkins near twig tips, pistillate catkins upright & cylindrical, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Musclewood,
Carpinus caroliniana +
Male flowers in dense drooping cylindrical catkins 3-4cm long, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Musclewood,
Carpinus caroliniana +
Female flowers fewer, in shorter and less conspicuous catkins than the male, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Musclewood,
Carpinus caroliniana +
Pistillate catkin left, at twig tip; staminate catkin on previous season's wood.
American Chestnut,
Castanea dentata
Staminate flowers in upright catkins 6-8" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Common Chinquapin,
Castanea pumila
Staminate flowers in upright catkins 4-6" long; pistillate inconspicuous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Chinese Chestnut,
Castanea mollissima
Staminate flowers in erect catkins; pistillate in a prickly involucre, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
White Oak,
Quercus alba
Male flowers in hanging catkins, female flowers inconspicuous, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
Post Oak,
Quercus stellata
Staminate flowers in pendulous catkins near base of current year's twig, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Rock Chestnut Oak,
Quercus montana
Staminate flowers in pendulous catkins near base of current year's twig, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Chinquapin Oak,
Quercus muehlenbergii
Male flowers in slender naked drooping catkins, the pollen wind-blown, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Live Oak,
Quercus virginiana
Staminate flowers in pendulous catkins near base of current year's twig, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Shumard Oak,
Quercus shumardii
Male flowers in slender naked drooping catkins, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Southern Red Oak,
Quercus falcata
Staminate flowers in clustered, drooping catkins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Blackjack Oak,
Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
Staminate flowers in pendulous catkins near base of current year's twig, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Water Oak,
Quercus nigra
Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins, each flower with 3-12 stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Paper Mulberry,
Broussonetia papyrifera
Male flowers in catkins similar to those of Morus, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
White Mulberry,
Morus alba
Flowers in stalked, axillary, pendulous catkins, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
White Mulberry,
Morus alba
Pistillate catkins are short-oblong and densely flowered, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
White Mulberry,
Morus alba
Staminate catkins are slenderly cylindric and loosely flowered, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
Red Mulberry,
Morus rubra
Pistillate catkins are short-oblong and densely flowered, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
Red Mulberry,
Morus rubra
Staminate catkins are slenderly cylindric and loosely flowered, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
Fragrant Sumac,
Rhus aromatica var. aromatica
Short dense catkin-like clusters open before or during leaf expansion, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).