Salix balsamifera

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Salix balsamifera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Salix balsamifera, Barr. Fig. 3528. A much-branched clean-looking shrub, with shining colored twigs, sometimes almost tree-like: glabrous: lvs. short-oval to lance-oblong, rounded and sometimes somewhat cordate at base, glandular-serrulate, thinnish and fragrant, dark green above and pale or glaucous and also prominently reticulate beneath: fertile aments becoming lax and open, the slender pedicels of the carpels much longer than the glands, the style short. Along the northern borders of the U. S. and far northward; an attractive species. G. F. 6:29 (reduced in Fig. 3528). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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