. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. SHINING WILLOW. GLOSSY-LEAF WILLOW. hid da ^ Fig. 93. Portion of a branchlet bearing mature fruit, i ; detached capsules, 2 ; leaves of vigorousshoots, 3 ; brarchlet in winter, 4. 94. of tree in Lewis Co., N. Y. Handbook of Trees of the Xoktiii:i;x Siates and Ca 81 The Shining Willow is a small tree attain-ing the height of 2i ft. with a short trunkrarely 10 or 12 in. in diameter, but it is moreoften shrubby than arborescent in habit ofgrowth. Its branches grow uprigh
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. SHINING WILLOW. GLOSSY-LEAF WILLOW. hid da ^ Fig. 93. Portion of a branchlet bearing mature fruit, i ; detached capsules, 2 ; leaves of vigorousshoots, 3 ; brarchlet in winter, 4. 94. of tree in Lewis Co., N. Y. Handbook of Trees of the Xoktiii:i;x Siates and Ca 81 The Shining Willow is a small tree attain-ing the height of 2i ft. with a short trunkrarely 10 or 12 in. in diameter, but it is moreoften shrubby than arborescent in habit ofgrowth. Its branches grow upright and out-ward forming a rather broad rounded top. IIinhabits the banks of streams, lake-shores andswamps in company with the Glaucous andother Willows, Alders, etc. among which itsshining bright green leaves may be quickly dis-tinguished. It is a spefies of quite wide dis-tribution and greater abundance in the north-ern part of its range than to the the species is of little import-ance, though its conspicuous Howering amentsin early spring, and later its clean glisteningfoliage, give it value for planting in suitablelocalities for orna
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