Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
Beginning Botany: Winter Shrub Identification
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Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)<br />
Tools for ID<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>Shrub</strong><br />
ID Process<br />
Invasive<br />
<strong>Shrub</strong>s<br />
Native<br />
<strong>Shrub</strong>s<br />
Thanks!<br />
Practice<br />
Habitat: dry-mesic oak-hickory<br />
forest & oak savanna with sandy<br />
soils, especially in mesic microsites;<br />
occasionally rich deciduous forests<br />
Twig/bud arrangement: alternate<br />
Key characteristics:<br />
•Multiple crooked stems; bark smooth to scaly,<br />
light brown with many light lenticels; inner<br />
bark red/purple<br />
•Twigs zigzag, light brown, scurfy-pubescent to<br />
glabrous<br />
•Buds naked & stalked, yellow/brown &<br />
pubescent, looks like corn taco shell<br />
•Fall flowers with narrow, bright yellow petals<br />
•Fruit a persistent, woody, four-parted capsule<br />
Images Source: http://michiganflora.net/images.aspx?id=1433
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