28 Trees of North Carolina 



DICOTYLEDONS 



WILLOW FAMILY 



(SALICACEAE) 



20. Salix nigra Marsh. Black Willow. 



The common small tree along branches and creeks 

 with dark bark and light, green delicate foliage ; leaves 

 long, narrow, and somewhat curved, finely toothed 

 on the margin, smooth and shining on both sides. 

 The delicate light green foliage of this willow can be 

 used to fine effect in landscape work. Dates of 

 flowering : April 14, 1903 ; April 3, 1908 ; April 7, 

 1909; April 5, 1910; April 15, 1913; April 22, 

 1915; April 14, 1916. 



21. Salix Wardii Bebb. Ward's Willow.* 



A small tree or shrub much like the Black Willow, 

 but the leaves are light bluish green beneath, some- 

 times hairy beneath ; found along rocky and gravelly 

 banks of streams. Its distribution has not been prop- 

 erly worked out in this state as it has usually been 

 confused with the Black Willow. 'Small reports it 

 as growing at the Falls of the Yadkin River as an 

 almost prostrate shrub, forming large tangled mats, 

 seldom rising more than six inches above the ground. 

 (Bull. T. B. C. 24:61. 1897). 



* The well known weeping willow {Salix babylonica L.) is occa- 

 sionally spontaneous where the branches happen to be thrown, and 

 Dr. Britton reports the White Willow (S. alba L.) as naturalized 

 in North Carolina. The latter can be recognized by its tree size and 

 whitish, silky leaves. 



