. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. is^5-^-e> BLACK WILLOW (Salix nigra ]\) THE black willow is common along streams throughout the State. It rarely comes to be over 50 feet in height and is frequently found growing singly or in clumps along the water courses. In winter the easily separable, bright reddish-brown or golden, naked twigs are quite conspicuous. The leaves are from 3 to 6 inches long and less than one-half an inch wide; the tips are very much tapered and the entire margins finely toothed,. The leaves are bright green on
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. is^5-^-e> BLACK WILLOW (Salix nigra ]\) THE black willow is common along streams throughout the State. It rarely comes to be over 50 feet in height and is frequently found growing singly or in clumps along the water courses. In winter the easily separable, bright reddish-brown or golden, naked twigs are quite conspicuous. The leaves are from 3 to 6 inches long and less than one-half an inch wide; the tips are very much tapered and the entire margins finely toothed,. The leaves are bright green on both sides, turn- ing pale yellow in the early au- tumn. The flowers are in catkins, the male and female on separate trees. The fruit is a pod bearing nu- merous minute seeds which are furnished with long silky down, enabling them to be blown long distances. The bark is deeply divided into broad, flat ridges whch separate into thick plate-like scales. On old trees it becomes very shaggy. In color it varies from light brown tinged with orange to dark brown or nearly black. The wood is soft, light and not strong. A liigh grade of charcoal, used in the manufacture of gun-powder, is obtained from willow wood, and it is the chief Avood used in manufacture of artificial limbs. There are many species, or kinds, of willows not easily distinguished. They are of high value in checking soil erosion and waste along stream banks, for which purpose they should be more extensively grown. â ^>-mp<^'^'. liLXCK WILLOW Two-thirds natural size. 23. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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