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“The great variations in the shape of the leaves of many species, and the difficulty of matching the male and female specimens, or the young and old leaves of those species which flowers before the leaves are out, have produced a multiplication of supposed species, and a confusion amongst them beyond all precedent.” Bentham & Hooker.
For an account of willows in Newfoundland see Recent Discoveries in Newfoundland Flora, M.L. Fernald.
Salix leiolepis Fernald.---Table Mountain. Port au Port, Nfld. The only station in the world.
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Shining Willow. Salix lucida Muhlenb. Small shrub. Shining yellow branchlets. Leaves long-pointed, shining both sides.---Banks of ponds and rivers, N. Amer., Nfld.---July. Var. intonsa Fernald.---W. Nfld. |
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Crack Willow.
Salix fragilis L. Small tree, thick bark. Olive-green, shining branchlets, leaves bluish-green beneath. Hybridizes with S. alba.---Established N. Amer. And Nfld. Believed indigenous England, doubtfully so Scotland and Ireland. |
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Cricket-bat Willow. White Willow. Salix alba L. var. coerulea (Sm.) Koch. Ornamental, quick-growing tree. Shining gold branchlets. Leaves bluish underneath. Hybridizes with fragilis and lucida.---Europe; common in Britain. Naturalised N. Amer., Nfld. |
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