. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES WILLOWS: Buds covered by single scale (in late spring or early summer look for winter killed buds). Leaves usually narrow. Leafy growth (stipules) often present on twig at base of leafstalks. fruit elongate capsules in dense clusters. PURPLE-OSIER WILLOW Salixpurpurea Leaves, flower (fruit) clusters often nearly opposite in arrangement. Alter- nate leaf arrangement clearest on sprout growth. Leaves minutely toothed or untoothed, 1-2 cm. wide, often purple- tinged. Stipules absent. Rare escape. WAND WILLOW Sa
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES WILLOWS: Buds covered by single scale (in late spring or early summer look for winter killed buds). Leaves usually narrow. Leafy growth (stipules) often present on twig at base of leafstalks. fruit elongate capsules in dense clusters. PURPLE-OSIER WILLOW Salixpurpurea Leaves, flower (fruit) clusters often nearly opposite in arrangement. Alter- nate leaf arrangement clearest on sprout growth. Leaves minutely toothed or untoothed, 1-2 cm. wide, often purple- tinged. Stipules absent. Rare escape. WAND WILLOW Salix rigida (S. eriocephala) Leaf bases typically somewhat heart- shaped or broadly rounded. Stipules usually present and large (5-15 mm. long). Larger leaves cm. wide, 3-6 times as long as wide, distinctly fine-toothed. Expanding leaves often purplish or reddish tipped. Fruit capsules hairless. Low thickets, shores. Common. BLACK WILLOW Salix nigra Leaves pure green beneath, mostly . cm. wide, usually 10-14 times as long as wide, fine-toothed. Stipules often prominent. Often a tree. Shores, meadows, occasionally swamps and low damp ground. Common. SHINING WILLOW Salix lucida Leafstalk with distinct glands near leaf base. Leaves not whitened beneath, fine-toothed, cm. wide, often with long-tapered tips. Sometimes a tree. Shores, meadows, swamps, low ground. WILLOW FRUIT. 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 Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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