Shrubs, 0.05–6.5 m. Buds caprea- or arctica-type. Leaves: stipules on late ones foliaceous; largest medial blade 0.7–4.2 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy basally. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than, equal to, or longer than stipe; stipe 0.2–1.5 mm; ovary glabrous; stigmas slenderly to broadly cylindrical, 0.2–1 mm.

Distribution

North America, Eurasia.

Discussion

Species 5 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Salix calcicola, Salix richardsonii, Salix tweedyi