Best time to see: all year
Key facts
A spreading tree with rounded leaves and yellowish catkins, which open before the leaves in late March
Egg-shaped fruit in clusters of up to 4, releaseing floating seeds in October that are distributed by water
Grows by fresh water and in flushed wet areas, i.e. where oxygen-rich water is moving through the ground
© Jim Champion
© Owen Keen
© Ruth Hartnup