



PEACH-LEAF WILLOW (Salix amygdaloides, Anders). 30 

 to 40 feet; rarely 70 feet. Slender -tree with erect or leaning 

 trunk and straight, ascending branches. Bark reddish brown, 

 fissured into scaly plates; branches brown, shading into orange 

 in the shining, pale-dotted twigs. Wood light, soft, pale 

 blown, weak, used for fuel. Leaves broadly lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, with rounded base and serrate margins, pale, and 

 glaucous beneath, bright green above, with prominent, yellow 

 midribs, and veins, and stout petioles; stipules kidney-shaped, 

 broad, but early deciduous. Strong resemblance to the foli- 

 age of peach trees. Flowers in loosely flowered catkins, 1 to 2 

 inches long, with leaves. Fruits, capsules with thin, dry walls 

 containing minute seeds. Dist.: Quebec to British Columbia; 

 south through New York, Ohio to Missouri and Texas; moun- 

 tainous regions to British Columbia. Rare east of Ohio. 

 Commonest large willow west of the Mississippi. Cultivated 

 in the Middle West. 



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