228 FOREST TKEES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



Nuttall Willow. 

 Salix nuttallii Sargent. 



DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. 



Nuttall willow, so called here for the sake of a distinctive common name, is 

 mainly known as " black willow," and to some extent, because of its high moun- 



Fig. 95. — Salix nuttallii. 



tain habitat, as " mountain willow." It has a single straight trunk, and when 

 grown in the open its long, slim branches droop in a somewhat close, long, 



