Salix myricoides (Muhl.) J.Carey
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Salicaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Shrub 1–4 m; twigs yellowish to dark brown, hairy when young; stipules semi-ovate, 5–10 mm; petioles 5–12 mm; lvs lanceolate or lance-ovate to ovate-oval or obovate-oval, 4–9(–12) × 1.5–4.5(–6) cm, thickish, acute to short-acuminate, glandularly crenate-serrate, mostly rounded or cordate at base, dark green above, strongly glaucous beneath, sometimes sparsely hairy when young; catkins with or shortly before the lvs, 2–8 cm, on leafy peduncles 0.5–1.5 cm; scales 1.5–2 mm, brownish-black, long-villous; stamens 2; frs narrowly lanceolate, 5–8 mm, glabrous; pedicels 1–3 mm; style 0.7–1.5 mm. Sandy shores, calcareous slopes, and sometimes swamps; Nf. and e. Que. to n. Me. and the Great Lakes region, s. to Ill. and Wis., and n. to Hudson Bay. (S. glaucophylla Bebb, not Besser; S. glaucophylloides) Plants with more hairy lvs and twigs have been called var. albovestita (C. R. Ball) Dorn. Depauperate plants in sterile sand chiefly along the Great Lakes, to 2 m, with more coriaceous and veiny lvs 2.5–5 × 0.5–2 cm, may constitute another var., but the proper combination (using the epithet brevifolia) has not yet been made.
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Common Names
blueleaf-willow