KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 



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Female catkin with ripening 

 seed pods (capsules) 



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13. Leaves 2-4 times as long as wide; catkins from side buds 

 on last season's twigs, naked or leafy-bracted at base, 

 stalkless or stalked, appearing with the leaves or before 

 them; flower scales persistent, brownish to black (yellowish 

 with reddish tips in Bebb and Geyer willows) ; stamens 2 

 (only 1 in Sitka willow). 

 19. Leaf margins entire (sometimes distantly and indis- 

 tinctly scallop- or saw T -toothed), often slightly rolled 

 under (revolute). 

 20. Leaves mostly broadest above middle. 



21. Leaves reversely egg- or broadly lance-shaped (ob- 

 ovate or oblanceolate), larger leaves sometimes 

 oblong-elliptic, wedge-shaped at base, to 3 (or 5) 

 inches long and V/ 2 inches wide; upper leaf surface 

 dull green with impressed veins; under leaf surface 

 with raised veins; twigs yellowish to brown, aging 

 dark brown to black, more or less hairy at least when 

 young; shrubs or small trees. 



