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Fagaceae
7-Quercus male inflorescences
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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