[The Willow Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Willows East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Salix

Weeping Willow: Salix x sepulcralis

Weeping Willow: Salix x sepulcralis

Willows East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

White Willow, Golden Willow: Salix alba (Synonyms: Salix alba ssp. caerulea, Salix alba ssp. vitellina, Salix alba var. caerulea, Salix alba var. calva, Salix alba var. vitellina, Salix vitellina)

Peach-leaf Willow: Salix amygdaloides

Arctic Willow: Salix arctica (Synonyms: Salix arctica ssp. tortulosa, Salix arctica var. araioclada, Salix arctica var. kophophylla, Salix arctica var. tortulosa)

Barclay's Willow: Salix barclayi (Synonyms: Salix barclayi var. angustifolia, Salix barclayi var. conjuncta, Salix barclayi var. latiuscula, Salix pyrolifolia var. hoyeriana)

Bebb's Willow, Gray Willow, Long-beak Willow: Salix bebbiana (Synonyms: Salix bebbiana var. capreifolia, Salix bebbiana var. depilis, Salix bebbiana var. luxurians, Salix bebbiana var. perrostrata, Salix bebbiana var. projecta)

Booth's Willow: Salix boothii (Synonyms: Salix myrtillifolia, Salix novae-angliae, Salix pseudocordata, Salix pseudomyrsinites)

Shortfruit Willow: Salix brachycarpa var. brachycarpa (Synonym: Salix brachycarpa var. sansonii)

Sage-leaf Willow, Sage Willow: Salix candida (Synonyms: Salix candida var. denudata, Salix candida var. tomentosa, Salix candidula)

Cascade Willow: Salix cascadensis (Synonyms: Salix brownii var. tenera, Salix cascadensis var. thompsonii, Salix tenera)

Undergreen Willow, Under-green Willow, Variable Willow: Salix commutata (Synonyms: Salix barclayi var. commutata, Salix commutata var. commutata, Salix commutata var. denudata, Salix commutata var. puberula)

Drummond's Willow: Salix drummondiana (Synonyms: Salix bella, Salix drummondiana ssp. subcaerulea, Salix drummondiana var. bella, Salix drummondiana var. subcaerulea, Salix subcaerulea)

Eastwood's Willow, Mountain Willow, Sierra Willow, Sierran Willow: Salix eastwoodiae (Synonym: Salix californica)

Narrowleaf Willow, Narrow-leaf Willow, Columbia River Willow, Coyote Willow: Salix exigua (Synonyms: Salix argophylla, Salix exigua ssp. exigua var. stenophylla, Salix exigua ssp. interior, Salix exigua var. angustissima, Salix exigua var. columbiana, Salix exigua var. exigua, Salix exigua var. hindsiana, Salix exigua var. luteosericea, Salix exigua var. nevadensis, Salix exigua var. parishiana, Salix exigua var. stenophylla, Salix exigua var. virens, Salix fluviatilis var. argophylla, Salix hindsiana, Salix hindsiana var. leucodendroides, Salix hindsiana var. parishiana, Salix hindsiana var. tenuifolia, Salix interior var. angustissima, Salix interior var. luteosericea, Salix linearifolia, Salix longifolia, Salix longifolia var. argophylla, Salix longifolia var. exigua, Salix longifolia var. opaca, Salix luteosericea, Salix macrostachya var. leucodenroides, Salix malacophylla, Salix nevadensis, Salix parishiana, Salix sessilifolia var. hindsiana, Salix sessilifolia var. leucodendroides, Salix stenophylla, Salix thurberi)

Farr's Willow: Salix farriae (Synonyms: Salix farriae var. microserrulata, Salix hastata var. farriae)

Crack Willow: Salix fragilis

Geyer's Willow: Salix geyeriana (Synonyms: Salix geyeriana ssp. argentea, Salix geyeriana var. argentea, Salix geyeriana var. geyeriana, Salix geyeriana var. meleina, Salix meleina)

Grayleaf Willow, Shaggy Leaf Willow: Salix glauca var. villosa (Synonym: Salix glauca ssp. glabrescens)

Coastal Willow, Dune Willow, Hooker's Willow: Salix hookeriana (Synonyms: Salix amplifolia, Salix hookeriana var. laurifolia, Salix hookeriana var. tomentosa, Salix piperi)

Polished Willow: Salix laevigata

Caudate Willow, Tail-leaf Willow, Whiplash Willow, Greenleaf Willow: Salix lasiandra var. caudata (Synonyms: Salix caudata, Salix caudata var. bryantiana, Salix caudata var. caudata, Salix caudata var. parvifolia, Salix lasiandra ssp. caudata, Salix lasiandra var. caudata, Salix lasiandra var. fendleriana, Salix lucida ssp. caudata)

Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra (Synonyms: Salix lasiandra var abramsii, Salix lasiandra var. lancifolia, Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra)

Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis (Synonyms: Salix lasiolepis var. bakeri, Salix lasiolepis var. bigelovii, Salix lasiolepis var. lasiolepis)

Strapleaf Willow: Salix liguifolia (Synonym: Salix lutea var. liguifolia)

Yellow Willow: Salix lutea (Synonyms: Salix lutea var. lutea, Salix lutea var. platyphylla, Salix lutea var. watsonii, Salix rigida var. watsonii)

Lemmon's Willow: Salix lemmonii (Synonyms: Salix austinae, Salix lemmonii var. austinae, Salix lemmonii var. melanopsis, Salix lemmonii var. sphaerostachya)

Maccalla's Willow: Salix maccalliana

Dusky Willow, Columbia River Willow: Salix melanopsis (Synonyms: Salix exigua ssp. melanopsis, Salix exigua var. gracilipes, Salix exigua var. tenerrima, Salix melanopsis var. bolandriana, Salix melanopsis var. tenerrima, Salix sessilifolia var. vancouverensis)

One-color Willow: Salix monochroma (Synonym: Salix eriocephala var. monochroma)

Snow Willow: Salix nivalis (Synonyms: Salix nivalis var. saximontana, Salix reticulata ssp. nivalis, Salix reticulata var. nana, Salix reticulata var. nivalis, Salix reticulata var. saximontana, Salix saximontana)

Grayleaf Sierra Willow: Salix orestera

Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris (Synonyms: Salix fuscescens var. hebecarpa, Salix hebecarpa, Salix myrtilloides var. hypoglauca, Salix myrtilloides var. pedicellaris, Salix pedicellaris var. hypoglauca, Salix pedicellaris var. tenuescens) - Generally a plant of the Cascade Mountains and a few spots in the lowlands near Seattle and Olympia, this can also be found occasionally in northeastern Washington.

Alpine Willow, Rock-loving Willow: Salix petrophila (Synonyms: Salix anglorum, Salix anglorum var. araioclada, Salix arctica ssp. petraea, Salix arctica var. caespitosa, Salix arctica var. graminifolia, Salix arctica var. petrophila, Salix brownei var. petraea, Salix caespitosa, Salix petrophila var. caespitosa)

Diamond-leaf Willow, Tea-leaf Willow, Tea-leaved Willow, Plane-leaf Willow: Salix planifolia (Synonyms: Salix monica, Salix pennata, Salix phylicifolia, Salix phylicifolia ssp. planifolia, Salix phylicifolia var. monica, Salix phylicifolia var. pennata, Salix phylicifolia var. planifolia, Salix planifolia var. monica, Salix planifolia var. nelsonii, Salix planifolia var. pennata)

Mackenzie's Willow: Salix prolixa (Synonyms: Salix cordata var. mackenzieana, Salix eriocephala ssp. mackenzieana, Salix eriocephala var. mackenzieana, Salix mackenzieana, Salix mackenzieana var. mackenzieana, Salix mackenzieana var. macrogemma, Salix rigida ssp. mackenzieana, Salix rigida var. mackenzieana, Salix rigida var. macrogemma)

False Mountain Willow: Salix pseudomonticola (Synonyms: Salix barclayi var. pseudomonticola, Salix monticola)

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana (Synonyms: Salix scouleriana var. brachystachys, Salix scouleriana var. coetaenea, Salix scouleriana var. crassijulis, Salix scouleriana var. flavescens, Salix scouleriana var. poikila, Salix scouleriana var. scouleriana, Salix scouleriana var. thompsonii, Salix stagnalis)

Northwest Sandbar Willow, Soft-leaved Willow: Salix sessilifolia

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis (Synonyms: Salix coulteri, Salix cuneata, Salix sitchensis var. congesta, Salix sitchensis var. denudata, Salix sitchensis var. parviflora, Salix sitchensis var. ralphiana)

Tweedy's Willow: Salix tweedyi (Salix barrattiana var. tweedyi, Salix rotundifolia)

Rock Willow: Salix vestita (Synonyms: Salix vestita ssp. leiolepis, Salix vestita var. erecta, Salix vestita var. humilior)

Idaho Willow, Wolf's Willow: Salix wolfii var. wolfii (Synonym: Salix wolfii var. idahoensis)

Hybrid White Willow, Rochester Willow: Salix xrubens (Synonym: Salix alba x fragilis)

Weeping Willow: Salix xsepulcralis


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