BARK.—Twigs red-brown, becoming dark orange, finally green-gray; thick, grayish on old trunks, and shallowly fissured into broad, rounded ridges, often roughened by dark excrescences.
WOOD.—Light, soft, weak, close-grained, light red-brown, with thick, nearly white sapwood.
DISTRIBUTION.—Occurs throughout the entire state, but is more abundant and of greater size in the northern portions.
HABITAT.—Prefers river bottom-lands and borders of swamps.
NOTES.—Rapid in growth. Spreads from the roots. Most useful for shelter belts. Easily transplanted. Propagated from cuttings.
Hairy Balm of Gilead. Balsam
