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At higher elevations on the west side of town, Witch Hazel is in flower; this year's flowers co-existing with last year's nutlets.
Flowers fertilized this fall wait until spring to begin producing the seeds which ripen in the fall.
The ripe nutlets which contain the seeds open explosively when dry, flinging the seeds up to 20 feet thus moving them away from the parent plant.
John