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Key to Salicaceae

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Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Leaf length not >> (often ± =) width; 
catkin 
image missingSpike or spike-like (e.g., Alnus) inflorescence of unisexual flowers with inconspicuous perianths (generally wind-pollinated), usually pendent and often with conspicuous bracts.
 pendent, 
bract 
image missingReduced, leaf- or scale-like structure subtending a branch, cone scale, peduncle, pedicel, or flower.
cut into narrow segments; staminate flower with 8–60 stamens; perianth modified into non-nectariferous, cup- or saucer-shaped structure; winter 
bud 
image missing1. An incompletely developed, more or less embryonic shoot, usually covered with bud scales. 2. An unopened flower, often protected by sepals.
 scales > 3 ..... POPULUS

1' Leaf length generally >> width; catkin 
erect 
image missingUpright; vertically oriented.
, bract 
entire 
image missingHaving margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).
; staminate flower with (1)2(10) stamens; perianth reduced to adaxial nectary (rarely also with abaxial nectary, then free or fused into shallow cup); winter bud 
scale 
image missing1. Wide, appressed, membranous, epidermal outgrowth (e.g., Cheilanthes covillei) 2. Structure partially or entirely covering an over-wintering bud (bud scale) (e.g., Salix goodingii bud). 3. In gymnosperms, a woody, seed-bearing structure attached to the cone axis (cone scale) (e.g., Abies magnifica). 4. In Asteraceae, a flat, membranous pappus element (e.g., Hymenoxys hoopesii). Leaves or bracts may be scale-like in one or more of the preceding ways.
1 ..... SALIX

 

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