. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 93 BEAKED WILLOW. Salix rostrata, Richards. BAEK-On tr«r,k thin, smooth, sometimes shallowly Assured, usually scaly, bitter, reddish, grayish, or olive-green. TWI08-At first hairy, later smooth, slender, purplish to brown, with projecting leaf-cars and few lenticels. BTJDS-Alternate. ollong. narrow, blunt-pointed, about i of an inch long, covered by a .ingle light chestnut-brown scale. lEAVES-AUernatc. simple, elliptic to oblon., ^.e ^^^^'^'^X^^^Z'T^'-^ inches long, and i-1 inch wide. ™te. cone
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 93 BEAKED WILLOW. Salix rostrata, Richards. BAEK-On tr«r,k thin, smooth, sometimes shallowly Assured, usually scaly, bitter, reddish, grayish, or olive-green. TWI08-At first hairy, later smooth, slender, purplish to brown, with projecting leaf-cars and few lenticels. BTJDS-Alternate. ollong. narrow, blunt-pointed, about i of an inch long, covered by a .ingle light chestnut-brown scale. lEAVES-AUernatc. simple, elliptic to oblon., ^.e ^^^^'^'^X^^^Z'T^'-^ inches long, and i-1 inch wide. ™te. coneplooou., lunate, » dented, wltl, 8 »<»^';''« ,^„";',„V Tbe piBliUate have r;''a'^d"eJ,di\i^:"..rd '0%:^ i:^ z-T.,iT^ '^^'J .-• -'. -- •<- FRHIT-A uarrowlrorold. hairy, evldcutlybeaked aud .talked capsule. WOOD-Dlffuse-porous; »ltb ver, medullar, Similar to «.. wood of otber Willows See description under Black Willow, page 90. DBUNOmSHINa OHABACIEBISTICS-The Beaked Wlilow ajso known -^B*^';;,J^'^ may be aistiugulsbed by its elliptic «V"°°»ll°^",itdently stalked and beaked capsule. iriso"cL.^rls?S "X b^crtf tbrca?rar"e%ern?.irtbose of .be closely reUted Glacuoua Willow are reddish-brown. stT.:^rto ^is^r^iTo "p=nru'rt t ^^::^lx. 'C .«' z most widely dietribuled species of WiUow. DI8T81BUTI0N IN in tbe nortbeastem and nortbem part, of tb. State. HABXTAT-Prefers moist or wet :;'p'^Tuc:: t^^T^^' ^b-Tfo'^Tir.: and along the borders of streams. In Lanaaa oiien v impenetrable thickets. IMPOETANOT OP THE spedes i^ of ^^ ^^^^'I^^^U^'L^'lo: :Z^^^^ importance In Pennsylvania. This is its "o^tl^e"^^ ^ Jj"^ and wU* aid in binding the soil, thus Like most of the Willows, it grows in wet situations and will am preventing erosion and wash outs. PLATE XXXI. BEAKED WILLOW. 1. A stamiuato ttowt-riii;: liranch, x i. 2. A staininate tiowe
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