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

Sitka Willow

Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis

Synonym: Salix coulteri

Pistillate catkins and young leaves of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri)

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.

Staminate catkin and young leaves of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri) - Young leaves and the hairy pistils and subtending floral bracts of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri)

Staminate flowers with subtending floral bracts and young leaves of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri)

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.

Female catkins of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri) - Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri)

Female catkins and young leaves of sitka willow as seen at left along the Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area........April 13, 2012. The photo at right shows sitka willow as seen along the Springwater Trail east of Gresham, OR.........April 13, 2017.

Ventral leaf surface of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri) - Dorsal leaf surface of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri) - Close-ups of the ovaries of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri) - Close-up of the female catkin of Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis var. sitchensis (Synonym: Salix coulteri)

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.

Paul Slichter