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| | Willow Tree |
 | | The Blue Willow has the leaves smooth on the upper surface when old, and glaucous, but not very silky, beneath; and the Golden Willow has bright yellow or reddish twigs, but slightly silky, and leaves which also become smooth, and are often not more than two inches long. |
 | | It is typically distinguished from the Goat Willow, into which some of its varieties graduate, by its downy buds and twigs, and glaucous "obovate-lanceolate" leaves, with reddish-brown hairs on their under-surfaces, and with large stipules. |
 | | The Goat Willow, frequenting drier situations, is a small tree, with smooth buds, and large, broad "ovate" leaves, having wavy margins with rounded serrations. |
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