. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE XXIX. SHINING WILLOW I 1 A staminato flowering Itraiicli, x I. 1», A staminato flower. fjliRlitly oiiIarKod. 3. A pistillate flowering Idaiirli, -v i. 4. A pistillatP flower, slightly onlarged .,. Section of a fruiting branch, x G. A branch with mature leaves, x 97 SHINING WILLOW Salix lucida, Muhlenburg YOBM ^A shrub or small tree sometimes reaching a height of 25 ft with a diameter of 8 inches. Trunk short, btaring rather ascending branches which form a rather synunetrical and broAd crown. BAEK—Smooth, thin
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE XXIX. SHINING WILLOW I 1 A staminato flowering Itraiicli, x I. 1», A staminato flower. fjliRlitly oiiIarKod. 3. A pistillate flowering Idaiirli, -v i. 4. A pistillatP flower, slightly onlarged .,. Section of a fruiting branch, x G. A branch with mature leaves, x 97 SHINING WILLOW Salix lucida, Muhlenburg YOBM ^A shrub or small tree sometimes reaching a height of 25 ft with a diameter of 8 inches. Trunk short, btaring rather ascending branches which form a rather synunetrical and broAd crown. BAEK—Smooth, thin, bitter, brown to reddish-brown. TWIGS—Shining, yellowish-brown, later dark brown. BUDS—Alternate, smooth, ovate, pointed, about i of an inch long, covered by a single yeUow- ish brown scale. LEAVES—Alternate, simple, broadly lanceolate to ovate, long-pointed at apex, tapering or rounded at base, tlnely toothed on margin, smooth and shining above, paler below. LEAF-SCAKS—Alternate, somewhat raised, lunate, with 3 conspicuous bundle-scars. FLOWERS Appear in catkins about April before the leaves have unfolded. StanUnate and pistiUate flowers occur on separate trees. The staminate have five stamens, and are arranged in dense flowered catkins about 1-lJ inches long. The pistillate ar« arranged in slender catkins from li-2 inches long. FRUIT—A narrowly-ovoid, smooth, dull, evidently-stalked, straw-colored to pale brovra or greenish capsule which is evidently-rounded at the base. WOOD—Same as that of other Willows, See description under Black Willow, page 96. DISTINGUISmKG CHARACTERISTICS—The Shining WiUow, also knoAvn as Glossy Willow, may be distinguished by its shining leaves which are lanceolate to ovate in outline, and by its glandular petioles and stipules. The shining brownish or yellowish twigs are also characteristic. The capsules are smooth and the staminate flowers usually have 5 stamens. RANGE—Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Pennsylvania, west to K
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