Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 



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Tlie Mi^ssollri Willow occasionally attains 

 the lieiglit of 50 or tJU ft. with trunk from 10 

 to 14 in. in diameter. It (lc\t'lo|)s a ratlicr 

 narrow roiuulcd top of iij)rijjlit slender smooth 

 barked branches, and the bark of trunk is of a 

 grayish color, tiiin and smooth or with low 

 firm ridges. It is a tree of limited distribntion 

 and confined mainly to the low rieli bottom- 

 lands of the lower Missouri River, wliere it is 

 found in company with the Black Uillow, 

 Sand-bar Willow, Peach-leaf Willow, the Sweet 

 Gum, Green Ash. Red Maple, etc. 



The wood is unimportant tliough sometimes 

 used for charcoal. - 



Leaves involute in the bud, lanceolate to ob- 

 lanceolate and occasionall.v ovate-lanceolate. ;>-."> 

 in. long, narrowed and wedge-shaped or rounded 

 at base, acuminate, finely serrate with small 

 gland-tipped teeth, pubescent at first but finall.v 

 nearly glabrous, dark green above, paler and 

 often glaucous beneath : petioles pubescent ; tin- 

 persistent stipules semicordate, ofter M; in. long : 

 winter buds large and hoary-tomentose : branchlets 

 pubescent the first season. Floirrrs unfold very 

 early (February-March) on short branchlets 

 bearing small scale-like leaves ; staminate about 

 IVi in. long: scales light green, hairy outside: 

 stamens 2 with long glabrous free filaments : 

 ovary glabrous, beaked, with very short style and 

 emarginate stigmas. Fruit: a narrow cylindrical 

 ovoid V long-pointed capsule with slender stalk 

 about as long as the scale. 



1. Syn. Salix cordata var. vcstita Sarg. 



•J. .\. W., XII. 297. 



