Handbook of Tkees of the Nojjtii i:i;a' S i-ates and Canada. 



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The Green Haw is a sturdy representative 

 of the gt'ims, attaiiiiny the licight of from 30-35 

 ft. with broad or rounded intricately branched 

 top and clear trunk 12 or 18 in. in diameter. 

 This is often ridged and fluted and is vested in 

 a pale gray or brownish bark, which e.vfoliate^ 

 in small friable scales. It inhabits the banks 

 of streams, moist low-lamls and lake-shores 

 and is particularly abundant and well devel- 

 oped along the bayous of the Mississippi river 

 in the vicinity of St. Louis and southward. In 

 these localities it is found in company with 

 the Pecan, King-nut Hickory, Water and 

 Honey I^ocusts, Forestiera, Pin and Shingle 

 Oaks, Cottonwood, etc., and among them its 

 full rounded top is one of the most attractive 

 objects particularly when in flower or bearing 

 its ripe fruit. 



Li<in.i mostly elliptic tu lance-ovate or ohovate. 

 lVi-3 iu. long, cuneate or aliru|Ui.v coQtractecl and 

 entire at base, mostly acute or bluntly pointed at 

 apes, irregularly serrate or serrate-dentate, some 

 on vigorous shouts with sliullnw lobes, glabrous 

 or with pah' haii'^. in the a.\ils iK'ucath : petioles 

 slendei- 1-1 '(: in. lony. l-'hnrrrs in May. about 

 % in. aci'oss. iu many-rb>w(Mi'(l compound corymbs, 

 with long slender glaln-ous pi'ilb-els: ealy.-c Klab- 

 rons, with narrow entire lobos ; slane-ns jo. an- 

 thers pale yellow; st.^'les nsuall\- .' with pale hairs 

 at base. Fruit subglobose or somewhat obovoid, 

 bright scarlet or orange, alujut ' , in. long or less, 

 in drooping clusters with lorn; slender stems; 

 flesh thin, nutlets usnall,\' ."•, siiglitly ribbed on 

 back. 



