Class: Magnoliaceae Order: Salicales Family: Salicaceae Willows

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Class Magnoliaceae Order Salicales
Family Salicaceae Willows Cottonwoods

• Deciduous trees or shrubs.
• Leaves simple, alternate often with stipules.
• Dioecious flowers unisexual, naked in erect or
  pendulous catkins.
• Ovary superior 2 carpels 1 locule 2-4 styles.
• Fruit a capsule with numerous hairy seeds..
• Salix willows, Populus cottonwoods