Identifier: foresttreesofpac00unit (find matches)
Title: Forest trees of the Pacific slope
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Forest Service Sudworth, George Bishop, 1862-1927
Subjects: Trees Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington Govt. Print. Off
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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s singly and in small groups, often with redalder and broadleaf maple. Climatic Conuition.s.—Similar to those of red and mountain alders. Tolerance.—Endures considerable shade. Reproduction.—Moderately abundant seeder. Seedlings frequent, but usually muchscattered. Broadleaf Willow. *SaZ/.r ai)ii>Jifolic Coville. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. Broadleaf willow is a new and as yet little known willow discovered in 1899.The common name is coined from the technical name, which refers to a conspic-uous characteristic. Locally, the species is called willow only. As nowknown it is a shrubby tree from 20 to 25 feet high and from 8 to 12 inches in 230 FOEEST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. diameter. Nothing is known now of the trunk form, crown, bark, and wood,which need to be studied. Yonns twigs (fig. 0(5) are densely white-woolly, butin two or three years this covering goes off. and the dark red-purple bark isexposed. Mature leaves (fig. 97) are light yellowish-green, nearly or quite
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^•07 Fig. 96.—.Su/ix amplifoliu: a. male Ihiwers ; h, female flowers; c, seed-bearing branch. .smooth on their top sides (sometimes slightly woolly) and whitish beneath;young and immature leaves are more or less densely white-woolly on both sur-faces, the wool gradually disappearing with age later in the season. FOKEST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE, 231 Alaska.—West shore of Vakutat Bay, near llul)l)ard (ilaeier in Disencliantment Bayand on Haenke Island and Egg Island and on the east shore at the head of Yakutat Bay.

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