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Trees of St. Tammany Parish: Black Willow Traditional Cache

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isht kinta: Since the cache owner has not responded to my reviewer log requesting the geocache be maintained, the geocache has been archived.

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Hidden : 8/8/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is one of a series of caches highlighting a few of the many species of trees indigenous to St. Tammany Parish. This one features the Black Willow (Salix nigra).


These caches can all be found hanging in the species of tree in the cache title.

Cache is a small camoed bison hanging about eye level.

Info about Black Willow trees:


Range

Eastern North America, from New Brunswick and southern Ontario west to Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.

Black willow range

Description

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree, the largest North American species of willow, growing to 33–98 ft tall, exceptionally up to 148 ft, with a trunk 20–31 in diameter. The bark is dark brown to blackish, becoming fissured in older trees, and frequently forking near the base.

The fruit is a 0.20 in capsule which splits open when mature to release the numerous minute, down-covered seeds. The leaves turn a lemon yellow in the fall. It is typically found along streams and in swamps.

Another name occasionally used for black willow is "swamp willow", not to be confused with Salix myrtilloides (swamp willow). It is also commonly mistakenly referred to as a "weeping willow". That species is native to Asia.

black willow leaves

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)