Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

5. Staminate flower, enlarged.

6. Pistillate flowering branchlet, × 1/2.

7. Pistillate flower, enlarged.

8. Fruiting branchlet, × 1/2.

SALICACEAE

Almondleaf Willow

Salix amygdaloides Anders.

HABIT.—A tree 30-40 feet high, with a straight, columnar trunk 1-2 feet in diameter; straight, ascending branches form a rather narrow, rounded crown.

LEAVES.—Alternate, simple, 2-6 inches long, 3/4-1-1/4 inches broad; lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed; finely serrate; thin and firm; light green and shining above, pale and glaucous beneath; petioles slender, 1/2-3/4 inch long.