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I am fond of the silver grey, leathery foliage of the wolf-willow which is so characteristic of our native woods.
Over Prairie Trails Frederick Philip Grove
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It stretched far away to the west, overgrown with shrub-willow, wolf-willow and symphoricarpus -- a combination that is hard to break with the plow.
Over Prairie Trails Frederick Philip Grove
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It had been a glorious day of June sunshine, when through the open windows came the robin's song and the prairie breeze laden with the perfume of wolf-willow blossoms and sweet-grass.
The Second Chance 1910
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It had been a glorious day of June sunshine, when through the open windows came the robin's song and the prairie breeze laden with the perfume of wolf-willow blossoms and sweet-grass.
The Second Chance Nellie L. McClung 1912
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Facing our hero, flowed the river, broad, swift and deep; tufted wolf-willow, waving rushes and gray hazel fringing the banks.
The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Walter R. Nursey 1887
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