. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE XXIX. SHINING WILLOW. SHINING WILLOW. Salix lucida, Muhlenberg. broad crown. BARK-Smooth. thin, bitter, brown to reddish-brown. TWIGS-Shining. yellowish-brown, later dark brown. BXTDS-Al^crnate. smooth, ovate, pointed, about i of an inch long, covered by a single yel- lowish-brown scale. „ate, somewhat rnls«i. with S conspicuous fr.'r »r"d zz^i^^rr:, ^n-c j'lr "U «.«.. . c.«.,u, from lJ-2 Inches long. ™,nl-A na„ow.,. s^ auU ev«-"--


. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE XXIX. SHINING WILLOW. SHINING WILLOW. Salix lucida, Muhlenberg. broad crown. BARK-Smooth. thin, bitter, brown to reddish-brown. TWIGS-Shining. yellowish-brown, later dark brown. BXTDS-Al^crnate. smooth, ovate, pointed, about i of an inch long, covered by a single yel- lowish-brown scale. „ate, somewhat rnls«i. with S conspicuous fr.'r »r"d zz^i^^rr:, ^n-c j'lr "U «.«.. . c.«.,u, from lJ-2 Inches long. ™,nl-A na„ow.,. s^ auU ev«-"-->"^'- """"'"'' " ""' " grernisU which Is evldeutlj-rounaed at the base. ,„ as .ha. of other Willows. Sec description under Blac. WlUow, 90. CHAKACTEEISIIC^The Sh|nln,J^^^^^^^ n>., he ^'^''«»"'»\'^/' "^,f'"Se Sag h tn"h r%,sh twigs are ..so characteristic. ?htrpJ„r rs^thTnT^e Ttllnato lowers usually have 5 stamens. BAKGE-Nowtoundland to Manltoha, south to Penns^, west to KeutuC. and Nebraska. PXSTKIBVTIOK IK PEHKSTLVAKIA-Locall, throughout «.e State except In the southern "LlTAX-Prefer, we. habitats. C„ along streams, on IsUuds, and In we. , „».. \wm«w la n verv common shrnb or small tree IMPORTANCE OF THE S^ECIE^'^he S^^-'^^J^'f no commercial importance. The tree in wet situations throughout this State. The wood s o ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^, ^^e most SctC 0? oVla^r^Wllir: '^S rr n-tt:; l'^. .nd .,.l environments. 1. A staniinate flowering branch, x L 2 A staminat*' flower, slifflitly enlarp-d. 3. A pistillato flowering l»rancb, x ;... 4 A pistillate slightly enlarged. .'.' S«Mtinii of a fniitiiii,' l>rancli, x I. G. A i>rai»li witli mature leaves, x Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc


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