NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES YA5 
Salix adenophylla Hook. 
S. syrticola Fern. 
Range: 23, 24, 26. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large, straggling shrub. 
Salix alba L. European white willow. 
Range: 9, 15, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large tree introduced from Europe and more or less naturalized in the 
regions indicated. 
Salix ambigua, see Salix longipes. 
Salix amygdaloides Anders. Peachleaf willow. 
Range: 4) 6.18. ods Alo ISO 1G tS. 19) 2057216225 23024 2b: 
26,20. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small or large tree; dioecious; rapid growing; short- 
lived. 
Salix argophylla Nutt. Silverleaf willow. 
S. macrostachya Nutt. 
Range: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 18, 14. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small tree. 
Observations: Of slight importance as browse for mule deer. Of value as 
browse for cattle and sheep. 
Salix argyrocarpa Anders. 
Range: 26, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small shrub. 
Salix austinae, see Salix lemmonii. 
Salix bakeri, see Salix lasiolepis. 
Salix balsamifera (Hook.) Barr. Balsam willow. 
S. pyrifolia Anders. 
Range: 28, 24, 26. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub or rarely a small tree. 
Salix barclayi Anders. Barclay willow. 
S. conjuncta Bebb. 
Range: 4, 12, 13. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large, thicket-forming shrub. 
Stomach records: Mountatin sheep. An especially good browse for sheep. 
Salix bebbiana Sarg. Bebb willow. 
S. perrostrata Rydb., S. rostrata Rich. 
Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small or large tree; does not form suckers. 
Observations: Cottontail rabbit. Relished by livestock in the West. 
Salix bella Piper. 
Range: 7, 12. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub. 
