Salix lucida Muhl.

BOTANICAL
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U.S.A.
Salicaceae Salix lucida Muhl.
det. M. Nee, 2015
Wisconsin, Ashland Co., 11.5 km (by air) SW of Mellen,
Chequamegon National Forest, along Conley Road (Forest
road 184).
46°16’02”N, 90°46’03”W. alt. 460 m.
T 44 N; R 3 W; sect. NWVi sect. 29.
Large sedge meadow with many shrubby Salix, Spiraea
alba, surrounded by secondary forest with Populus
tremuloides, Abies balsamea.
Shrub with many slender stems in a tight clump, to 2.5 m.
tall, to 2 cm. in diameter. Voucher for wood specimen,
MADw. Bark smooth except for lenticels. Pistillate. In
anthesis, and at this stage the lowermost leaves in the short
shoots have a very different aspect from the distinctive
long-attenuate adult leaves.
Coll.: M. Nee 61230	llJune2014
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
02591338