. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. SAND-BAR WILLOW. LONGLEAF WILLOW. fluriafiUs ]Siitt.^. Fig. 97. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit, i ; leafless branchlet in winter, Trunk of a tree near St. Louis, Mo. H \NDBOOK Tk KKS OF THE XoirniKKN States axd So Tlie Sand-bar Willow attains a maximumheight of 60 or 70 ft. and trunk diameter of 2ft., but on^y in a very limited portion of itsvast area does it attain such dimensions. Itis generally a small tree and often only ashrub 5 or 0 ft. in heiglit. As a tr
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. SAND-BAR WILLOW. LONGLEAF WILLOW. fluriafiUs ]Siitt.^. Fig. 97. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit, i ; leafless branchlet in winter, Trunk of a tree near St. Louis, Mo. H \NDBOOK Tk KKS OF THE XoirniKKN States axd So Tlie Sand-bar Willow attains a maximumheight of 60 or 70 ft. and trunk diameter of 2ft., but on^y in a very limited portion of itsvast area does it attain such dimensions. Itis generally a small tree and often only ashrub 5 or 0 ft. in heiglit. As a tree it de-velops a narrow top with upright and inclinedbranches, and its long narrow pendent leavesmake it easily distinguishable. Comparativelyrare and local in the east it is very abundantin the northern and western interior portionsof the continent, covering the river banks andadjoining low-lands with great thickets of itsllexible crowded stems. In these regions it isusually the first shrub or tree to spring up onthe newly formed sand-bars, holding them withits strong roots and catching new deposits ofsilt, until the sturdy Cottonwoods can find foot-ing and d
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