shining willow Salicaceae Salix lucida

Leaf:Alternate, simple, lance-shaped to narrowly elliptical, finely serrated margin, 3 to 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 3/4 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.

leaf twig bark form map

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