Saururus SAURURACEAE— SALICACEAE Salix 



SAURURACEAE (Lizard's Tail Family) 



Saururus L. Lizard's Tail 

 S. cernuus L. 



Common in ponds and muddy places, Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain southward to the Virginia line. Mid-June, July. 



SALICACEAE (Willow Family) 

 Salix L. Willow. 

 S. nigra Marsh. Black Willow. 



Common throughout; stream banks, meadows and roadsides. 

 March, April. 



S. longipes Shuttlew. var. Wardi (Bebb.) Schneider. (S. Wardi of 

 Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



One collection : about ponds in woods, Savage Neck, 4 mi. s. w. of 

 Eastville (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5285, 15 Oct. 1935 (G, A, T). 



A southern species. 



S. lucida Muhl. Shining Willow. 



Rare; on stream banks and in low ground in the northern part of 

 our area: Delaware Junction (NC), Commons, 7 May 1864 (A); 

 Wilmington, Cherry Island Marsh, Commons, 23 June 1890 (A); 

 bank of Elk River, 2 mi. s. of Elkton (Ce), H. E. Stone, 8 May 

 1927 (A). 



S. fragilis L. Crack Willow. 



Planted, and established along streams in the Piedmont area of 

 New Castle County; also near Easton (Ta), Earle, 3225, 17 May 

 1941 (P). Nat. from Europe. 



S. alba L. White Willow. 



Occasionally established. Introd. from Europe. 

 Var. vitellina (L.) Koch. Golden Willow. 



Occasionally spreading from plantings. Nat. from Europe. 



S. babylonica L. Weeping Willow. 



Widely planted, and sometimes spreading. Introd. from Europe. 



S. interior Rowlee. (*S. longifolia Muhl.) Sand Bar Willow. 



Infrequent, on sandy shores, New Castle and Sussex Counties. 

 Early May, June. 



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