[Willows: The Genus Salix East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Catikins and details of young leaves of arroyo willow as seen in a small stream through scablands at the Bickleton Ridge Unit, Klickitat Wildlife Area in north-central Klickitat County, Washington........May 28, 2017.

Arroyo willow growing along a lower section of Arizona Creek at the eastern edge of the Pueblo Mountains of southeastern Oregon...........June 1, 2012.

Additional close-up views of arroyo willowas seen growing along a lower section of Arizona Creek at the eastern edge of the Pueblo Mountains of southeastern Oregon...........June 1, 2012. Note the glaucous ventral and glossy green dorsal leaf surfaces and the hairless pistils.