NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 253 
Salix sericea Marsh. Silky willow. 
Range: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 
Site: Moist, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub. 
Observations: Cottontail rabbit. 
Salix serissima (Bail.) Fern. Autumn willow. 
S. pallescens hirtisquama Anders. 
Range: 12, 138, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub; commonly occurs on caleareous soil. 
Salix sessilifolia, see also Salix fluviatilis and S. hindsiana. 
Salix sessilifolia Nutt. Sandbar willow. 
Range: 1, 2, 4. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small tree, of some importance as a honey plant in 
California. 
Salix sitchensis Sans. Silky willow. 
S. cuneata Nutt. 
Range: 1, 2, 4, 7, 12. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small or large tree. 
Salix stenophylla, see Salix exigua. 
Salix stricta, see Salix brachycarpa. 
Salix subcoerulea Piper. Blue willow. 
S. covillei Eastw., S. pachnophora Rydb. 
Range: 4, 12, 13, 14. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small to large shrub; relished by livestock. 
Salix syrticola, see Salix adenophylla. 
Salix taxifolia H. B. K. Yewleaf willow. 
S. microphylla Schlecht. and Cham. 
Range: 9, 11. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to large tree. 
Salix tenera, see Salix cascadensis. 
Salix thurberi, see Salix interior. 
Salix tracyi Ball. 
Range: 1, 4. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to small tree. 
Salix tristis Ait. Dwarf gray willow. 
Range: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small shrub; commonly occurs in sandy soil. 
Salix tweedyi (Bebb) Ball. 
S. berrattiana tweedyi Bebb. 
Range: 12. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub. 
