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+'''''Salix sericea''''', also known as '''silky willow''', is a shrub in the [[Salicaceae]] family that grows in swamps and along rivers in eastern [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. It is 2–4 m tall and has long, thin, purplish twigs.
+The leaves are 6–10 cm long, 7–8 mm wide, [[wikt:lanceolate|lanceolate]], [[wikt:acuminate|acuminate]], [[wikt:serrulat|serrulate]], dark green and lightly hairy on top, and light green and densely covered with white silky hairs underneath. Mature leaves are [[wikt:glabrous|glabrous]]. The [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s are 1 cm long. [[Catkin]]s are [[wikt:sessile|sessile]] and usually [[wikt:bracteate|bracteate]]. ''Salix sericea'' blooms in [[May]] and fruits in June.
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−'''''[[Salix]] sericea'''''. Silky Willow. A shrub usually 4-8 ft. high, diffusely spreading from base: branches often reddish: buds obtuse and rounded at apex, cylindrical: lvs. very silky beneath, sometimes becoming less so at maturity: aments densely fld., appearing with the lvs.; stamens often orange-red: caps. short-pedicelled, ovate-oblong, nearly truncate at apex. NE N. Amer.
−Salix sericea, Marsh. Silky Willow. A shrub usually 4-8 ft. high, diffusely spreading from base: branches often reddish: buds obtuse and rounded at apex, cylindrical: lvs. very silky beneath, sometimes becoming less so at maturity: aments densely fld., appearing with the lvs.; stamens often orange-red: caps. short-pedicelled, ovate-oblong, nearly truncate at apex. N. E. N. Amer.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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