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Fagaceae

7-Quercus male inflorescences

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In the Fagaceae, the male flowers are produced in catkins. This is a branch of Quercus macrocarpa, bur oak, leafing out in spring with dangling male catkins.

Taken by K. R. Robertson in Will County, Illinois.

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