Key to Trees of Logan Canyon

Option 1
Do the twigs have a distinctive terminal bud covered with several scales (buds may not be visible when twigs are growing in the spring and early summer); with narrow, lance-shaped leaves? It is a narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia).

Narrowleaf Cottonwood sketch

Narrowleaf Cottonwood leaves


Option 2
Do the twigs not have a terminal bud, the lateral buds covered with a single cap-like scale? These are willow trees.

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