﻿Trees of New York State 113 



SALICACEAE 



Salix lueida Muhl. 



Shining Willow 



Habit — Usuallr shrubby, occasionally a small bushy tree 20-30 feet iu height 

 ■nith a truuk diameter of 6-8 inches. Crowu round-topped, symmetrical, 

 rather broad. Trunk short. 



Leaves — Alternate, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 inches long, 1-1^^ 

 inches wide, attenuate at the apex, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, 

 finely serrate, at maturity coriaceous, dark green and lustrous above, 

 paler and lustrous beneath, borne on short, terete, glandular petioles. 

 Stipules semi-circular, membranous, persistent through the summer. 



Flowers — Appearing in May and early June, dioecious, glandular, borne iu 

 the axils of yellowish, rounded scales, the whole forming ameuts termi- 

 nating short leafy branches. Staminate ament-s oblong-cylindrical, densely 

 flowered, 1-1^^ inches long. Pistillate aments slender-cylindrical, 1^/^-2 

 inches long. Perianth wanting. Stamens 5, with long filaments which 

 are hoary below, and yellow anthers. Pistil solitary, consisting of a 

 stalked, glabrous, conic-ovoid ovary and 2 nearly sessile stigmas. 



Pruit — A pale brown, smooth and lustrous, conie-ovoid capsule, about Vs 

 of an inch long, opening by 2 opposite sutures at maturity to set free 

 the minute, comose seeds. 



Winter characters — Twigs stout, glabrous, dark yellowish brown, at length 

 dark brown. Terminal bud lacking. Lateral buds 1-scaled, oval, acute, 

 yellowish broT\Ti and lustrous, about Y^ of an inch long. Mature bark 

 reddish brown, thin, divided into furrows and flat-topped, shallow ridges. 



Habitat — A moisture-loving species occurring in swamps, along stream 

 courses and lake shores, and in springj- places. 



Range — Newfoundland westward to the North West Territory in Canada, iu 

 the United States from Maine to eastern Montana, south to southern 

 Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Nebraska. Zones A, B, C, and D. 



Uses — Of slight economic importance. The tree deserves consideration 

 ornamentally because of its dark green, shining foliage which resembles 

 that of the Bav-leaved Willow. 



