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WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



WILLOW FAMILY SALICACEAE 



1610. Yellow Willow 



Salix lasiandra 



1611. Red Willow 



1612. Black Willow 



Salix laevigata 

 Salix nigra 



1613. Sandbar; Silverleaf Salix sessilifolia 



Willow 



1614. Longleaf Willow Salix longifolia 



1615. Arroyo Willow Salix lasiolepis 



1616. Nuttall Willow Salix flavescens 



1617. Velvet Willow Salix sitchensis 



1618. Common Cotton- Populus fremontii 



wood 



1619. Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa 



1620. Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa var. 



cupulata 



1621. Balm-of-Gilead ; Populus balsamifera 



Balsam Poplar 

 "Tacansahac" 



Stream banks in Coast 

 Ranges, Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin Valley and 

 Sierra Nevada. 20 to 45 

 feet high. Trunk dark 

 brown, roughly fissured. 

 Probably shoots would 

 prove to make good bas- 

 ket rods. 



Along living streams 

 throughout State. 



River banks, Great Valley 

 to southern California. 

 No economic value. 



Stream beds of Coast 

 Ranges and Sierra Ne- 

 vada foothills. 



Stream beds in valleys and 

 foothills throughout the 

 State and into mountains 

 to 4,000 feet. 



In southern range at a low 

 altitude ; where fuel tim- 

 ber is scarce, it is locally 

 used for fuel. 



Shrub, 2 to 15 feet high. 

 Sierra Nevada to seaward 

 Coast Ranges. 



California coastal region, 

 Sierra Nevada. Leaves 

 with dense covering of 

 shiny white silky hair on 

 their under surface. 



Living streams, Great Val- 

 ley, Sierra Nevada foot- 

 hills, south of Coast 

 Ranges. Locally used for 

 fuel, no other commercial 

 use. Of value for pro- 

 tecting and holding soft, 

 shifting banks of bottom- 

 land. On western streams 

 where it is the only tree 

 that marks their mean- 

 dering courses. 



Along streams, Sierra Ne- 

 vada, Coast Range val- 

 leys. Large logs obtain- 

 able from the well grown 

 trees. Give clear, wide 

 lumber. 



From San Diego north- 

 ward. 



Light weight wood, soft. 

 Large trunks give clear 

 wide lumber. Used for 

 cooperage in place of 

 pine. 



