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
Female catkins and young leaves of sitka willow as seen along the Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.............April 13, 2012.
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Female catkins and young leaves of sitka willow as seen along the Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.........April 13, 2012. Note the hairy ovaries, dark-tipped subtending bracts, and the hairy ventral leaf surface contrasting with the glabrous, green upper leaf surface.
A close-up of the female catkins and young leaves of sitka willow as found along the Springwater Trail east of Main City Park, Gresham, Oregon.........April 17, 2012.
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Close-ups of the staminate catkins and young leaves (upper left) hairy pistils with their subtending floral bracts (uper right) and staminate flowers with subtending floral bracts (lower photo) of sitka willow as found along the Springwater Trail east of Main City Park, Gresham, Oregon........April 17, 2012.
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Additional photos of Sitka willow as seen
at the tralhead for the Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.........May 10, 2012.
Paul Slichter