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Willowes


Title Willowes
Caption Swamp Willow collected by John Lawson Roanoke Island, May 29th., 1710
Source Internet
Type Photograph
Origin Internet
Notes Radford, 1968, p. Salix caroliniana Michaux (Swamp Willow) [NB VJB] Hariot could have seen either Salix nigra Marshall (Black willow) or S. caroliniana Michaux (Swamp Willow). Both occur frequently in ne North Carolina.