106. Largest
buds longer than 6 mm and long-tapered to a sharp point, usually
reddish, often with some long whitish hairs along the margins
of bud scales (see photo). In my experience leaves of these
two species are more likley to be cordate at the base than
the species of the other path, though they may be broadly
rounded in some cases. This genus is easy to recognize, but
the species are notoriously difficult to distinguish..
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106. Buds
less than 6 mm long and not conspicuously long-pointed, OR
buds clearly not red; buds glabrous or pubescent, but pubescence
not consisting of long whitish hairs along the scale margins;
leaf bases tapering or rounded.
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