Bebb’s willow – Salix bebbiana

Pronunciation: Say-liks beh-bee-ahn-nuh

Leaf: Alternate, simple, elliptical to obovate, 2 - 4 inches long, margins entire or with a few shallow scattered teeth, dull dark green to gray-green above, white, hairy and distinctly net-veined beneath.

Flower: Species is dioecious; 1 - 2 inches long, fuzzy catkins, yellowish white, appearing in spring with the leaves.

Fruit: Small (¼ inch), long-pointed, hairy capsules in oblong clusters; each capsule contains numerous small fuzzy seeds.

Twig: Slender, greenish brown to reddish brown, gray fuzz when young; gray pointed buds are appressed and have a single cap-like scale; numerous widely forking twigs.

Bark: Shiny gray-green when young with numerous reddish lenticels; later becoming quite rough and furrowed; diamond shaped patterns due to fungus often develop on the trunk.

Form: A large, densely branched shrub to 10 feet, occasionally grows as a small, multi-stemmed tree.

Looks like: pussy willow - Scouler willow - Sitka willow - MacKenzie's willow

Salix bebbiana - Bebb's willow Latin name or Celtic "sal" (near) and "lis" (water) / after Michael Bebb

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