Michigan Trees a Handbook of the Native And Most Important Introduced Species
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— 'May-June; 2-valved, ovoid, short-pedicelled cap- sules 54 inch long, borne in drooping catkins 4-6 inches long; seeds light brown, hairy. WINTER-BIJiDS.— Terminal bud about i inch long, ovoid, long-pointed, brownish, resin-coated, sticky, fragrant. BARK. — Twigs Ted-brown, becoming dark orange, finally green-gray; thick, grayish on old trunks, and shallowly fissured into broad, rounded ridges, often roughened by dark excrescences. WOOD. — Light, soft, weak, close-grained, light red-brown,, w...ith thick, nearly white sapwood. DISTRIBUTION.— 'Occurs throughout the entire state, but is more abundant and of greater size in the northern portions. HABITAT. — Prefers river bottom-lands and borders of swamps. NOTES. — Rapid in growth. Spreads from the roots. Most useful for shelter-belts. Easily transplanted. Propagated from cuttings. — 53 — Hairy Balm of Gilead. Balsam 1. Winter twig, x i. 2. Leaf, X Yi. 3. Staminate flowering branchlet, x J4. 4. Staminate flower, enlarged.
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