. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. ge trees, sometimes increasingin trunk diameter at the rate of .3 or 4 a year, and their roots firmly bind the soiltogether. The wood of the Yellow Willow is very light,soft, tough and of a light brown color withthick Its chief use in this countryis for charcoal and fuel, though adapted toother uses to which it is applied in its nativeland. Lrnrrs lanceolate, 2-5 in. long, tapering to base,long acuminate, flnply serrate, silky hairy bothsides whpn young, glabrous at maturi
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. ge trees, sometimes increasingin trunk diameter at the rate of .3 or 4 a year, and their roots firmly bind the soiltogether. The wood of the Yellow Willow is very light,soft, tough and of a light brown color withthick Its chief use in this countryis for charcoal and fuel, though adapted toother uses to which it is applied in its nativeland. Lrnrrs lanceolate, 2-5 in. long, tapering to base,long acuminate, flnply serrate, silky hairy bothsides whpn young, glabrous at maturity and darkgreen aliove, paler and glaucous beneath ; stipulesovate-lanceoate, deciduous ; petioles {i in. longor less, slightly if at all glandular; branchletsglabrous, bright yellow or reddish tinted. Flowrrsai)pearing with the leaves anients terminatim;lateral leafy branchlets, scales yellowish, fallingbefore the ripening of tlie fruit ; stigmas nearlysessile. Fruit: capsul(>s narrow-ovoid, long-pointed, glabrous, with very short pedicel. 1. Syn. Salix alba var. vitvUina Koch. 2. A. W., II, MISSOURI WILLOW. Salix Missouriensis Miielil.^
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