. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. MISSOURI WILLOW. Salix Missouriensis Miielil.^. Fig. 103. Branchlet with mature fruit, i ; branchlet with vigorous leaves and stipules, 2; branchletin winter, 3. 104. Trunk of a tree near St. Louis, Mo. Handbook of Teees of the North i:i,-.\ Siatks and Canada. 01 The Missouri Willow oi-casionally attainsthe height of 50 or (H) ft. with trunk from 10to 14 in. in diameter. It develops a rathernarrow rounded top of ujjright slender .smooth-barked branehes, and the bark of trunk is of agrayish
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. MISSOURI WILLOW. Salix Missouriensis Miielil.^. Fig. 103. Branchlet with mature fruit, i ; branchlet with vigorous leaves and stipules, 2; branchletin winter, 3. 104. Trunk of a tree near St. Louis, Mo. Handbook of Teees of the North i:i,-.\ Siatks and Canada. 01 The Missouri Willow oi-casionally attainsthe height of 50 or (H) ft. with trunk from 10to 14 in. in diameter. It develops a rathernarrow rounded top of ujjright slender .smooth-barked branehes, and the bark of trunk is of agrayish color, thin and smooth or with low-firm ridges. It is a tree of limited distrii)utionand confined mainly to the low rich l)ottom-lands of the lower Missouri River, where it isfound in company with the P>laek Willow,Sand-bar Willow, Peach-leaf Willow, the SweetGum, Green Ash, Red INIaple, etc. The wood is unimportant though sometimes used for Leaves involute in tlio hud. lanceolate to ob-lanceolate and occasionally ovate-lanceolate, .S-.)in. long, narrowed and wedge-shaped or roundedat base, acuminate, finely serrate with smallgland-
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