Pacific willow – Salix lasiandra

Pronunciation: Say-liks lass-ee-and-ruh

A.K.A. formerly listed as a subspecies of Salix lucida

Leaf: Alternate, simple, lance-shaped to narrowly elliptical, finely serrated margin, 3 - 6 inches; shiny yellow-green above, either glabrous or finely hairy below; with leafy stipules at the base of the petiole.

Flower: Species is dioecious; males and females appear as upright catkins, 2 inches long; appearing with or just after the leaves.

Fruit: A 2 ¾ inch long cluster of valve-like capsules, light brown in color containing many fine, cottony seeds, ripen in early summer.

Twig: Slender, flexible, smooth or with pubescence, yellow-brown to red-brown; buds are small, appressed and covered by a single, cap-like scale, terminal buds lacking.

Bark: Grayish brown and irregularly furrowed.

Form: Pyramidal shrubs or small trees to 25 feet tall, can reach 35 feet tall in the western part of its range.

Looks like: white willow - Goodding's willow - Lemmon's willow - black willow

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