THE YELLOW WILLOW 



Salix* lasiandra BENTH. 



Along the upper Santa Ana river, 

 this willow grows to a large tree. It is 

 not listed by Hall among the willows of 

 the San Jacinto Mountains. It is some- 

 times called Black willow on account of 

 the color of its bark. "The leaves deep 

 yellow-green at maturity and about 4'J4 

 to 5 inches long, are shiny on their up- 

 per surface, whitish beneath, the large 

 mid-ribs reddish yellow." SUDWORTH. 



* SALIX From Salio, L. to leap or spring from 

 quickness of its growth. 



Certain other willows like Salix laevigata BEBB, and 

 Salix lasiolepis BENTH, and their varieties which are 

 found along streams or around cienagas in the higher 

 mountains, occasionally attain the proportions of trees, 

 especially in favorable locations, but inasmuch as their 

 exact identification is often very difficult and doubtful 

 even under the critical study of experts, it has been 

 deemed inexpedient to deal with them here. Those 

 who desire to study the willows further will do well 

 to consult Sargent's monumental work entitled, "THE 

 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA." 



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