68 WILLOW FAMILY 



1 i n a, with leaves smooth above and yellowish twigs; hardy and hence 

 valuable for wind-breaks and for live fences. 

 Wood soft, light, tough and flexible. 



Salix viminalis Linne 1753 Osier Willow 



Shrub or low tree, 10-25 ft. high; leaves very long, linear-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, or sometimes oblanceolate, margin usually entire and revolute, 

 tip long-pointed, base tapering, dark green and nearly smooth above, 

 densely white silky below, 5-15 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, petioles more or 

 less hairy, 2-5 mm. long; staminate catkins 3-4 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, 

 stamens 2, filaments smooth, pistillate catkins 4-6 cm. long, 1 cm. wide 

 in fruit, capsules ovate-conic, densely white silky : viminalis, viimn. 

 a pliant twig, referring to its use in wicker work. 



Occasionally cultivated, native of Eurasia; used for wicker ware. 



Salix tristis A i t o 11 1 789 Dwarf W illow 



Low branched shrub, 1-3 ft. high, with dark hairy twigs; leaves spatu- 

 late or oblanceolate, sometimes oblong, margin entire or very slightly 

 wavy, revolute, tip pointed or obtuse, base tapering, green and more or 

 less hairy above when mature, densely gray-woolly below, 2-6 cm. long, 

 Yi-^/i cm. wide, petioles densely hairy, 1-3 mm. long; staminate catkins 

 \-\y 2 cm. long, y 2 cm. wide, stamens 2, filaments smooth; pistillate 

 catkins 2-3 cm. long, \y 2 cm. wide in fruit, capsules very long, beaked, 

 gray hairy: tristis, sad, referring to the gray color. 



Infrequent; occasional in the southern part of the state; Me-NY-Ga 

 Mo-Nebr-Mir.n. 



Salix Candida Fl.tt.e gge i8a6 Hoary Willow 



Low shrub, 2-6 ft. high, the young twigs densely white woolly; leaves 

 linear, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, margin entire and revolute. 

 tip pointed or blunt, base long-tapering, more or less sparsely long- 

 woolly above, densely white-woolly below, veiny above, 4-8 cm. long 

 Y^-iyi cm. wide, petioles densely woolly, 1-5 mm. long; staminate cat- 

 kins 1-2 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, stamens 2, filaments smooth, pistillate 

 catkins 3-4 cm. long, \-\y 2 cm. wide in fruit, capsules ovoid-conic, densely 

 woolly: Candida, shining, in reference to the white leaves. 



In wet places throughout the state except in the south; Labrador-NY- 

 Colo-Saskatchewan. 



