Handbook of Treks of the North Kitx States axd Caxada 



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usually the first shrub or tree to spring up on 



the newly formed sand-bars, holding them with 



its strong roots and catching new deposits of 



«ilt, until the sturdy Cotton woods can find foot 



ing and develop their towering trunks. 



The wood of the Sand-bar Willow is soft 



and light, a cubic foot when absolutely dry 



weighing 30.72 lbs. and is little used save for 



light fuel and charcoal. - 



Lcavc.1 involute in the bud, linoar-lanceolate, 

 U-tS in. long, gradually taporing to botli ends, re- 

 motely dentate with small glandular spreading 

 teeth. glabrous, pubescent. yellowisli green ; 

 •stipules small, deciduous petioles short and not 

 glandular. Flowers (April-May) aments on 

 terminal short leafy branchlets. often branching, 

 with pubescent peduncles or from axillary buds of 

 same branches ; scales light yellow, villous : 

 stamens 2 with filaments slightly hairy at base; 

 ovary short-stalked with large sessile lobed stig- 

 mas. Fruit capsules narrow-ovoid, glabuate. 



1. Syn. Saltx longifolia Muehl. 



