Bigleaf Willow. Salix amplifolia. 
Leaves 2% to 4 inches long and half to two-thirds 
as broad, yellow green, whitish beneath, and woolly 
when young. Young tw T igs are w r oolly the first few 
years, later becoming a reddish hue. 
So far bigleaf willow has been found near sea beaches 
and sand dunes at Yakutat Bay, Disenchantment 
Bay, Haenke Island, and Egg Island. It is a shrubby 
tree 20 feet or so in height and attains a diameter of 8 
to 15 inches. Little is known of its range or habits. 
Silky Willow. Salix sitclwnsis august ifolia. 
Leaves 2 to 4 inches long, except on vigorous shoots, 
where they may reach 5 inches; grass green and shiny 
above with a covering of white silky hairs on the under- 
surface. Leaf stems and veins also hairy. Bark thin, 
red brown, scaly. Trunk rarely over 4 to G inches in 
diameter. Young twigs hairy the first season. Wood 
not used commercially. The Indians use it in drying 
fish as the smoke has no bad odor. The pounded bark 
has also been used to heal wounds. 
This, the largest of Alaska tree willows, is reported 
from the southernmost part of coastal Alaska north 
and west along the coast to Cook Inlet and the eastern 
end of Kodiak Island. Barely 20 feet tall. 
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