| Scientific Name: | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra |
| Common Name: | Pacific willow |
| Family Name: | Salicaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Yellow, Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Multi-stemmed deciduous tree to 8m; leaves lanceolate-elliptical, most blades 12-15cm long x 2-3cm wide, margin serrulate, upper surface shiny to glossy, glabrous, stipules present, petioles 1-1.6cm long. Winter ID: twigs glabrous, glossy, yellow to brown, buds appressed, about 6mm long, and look like yellow duckbills. | |