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Salix melanopsis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Salicaceae

Scientific name
  
Salix melanopsis

Order
  
Malpighiales

Genus
  
Salix

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Salix sessilifolia, Salix lemmonii, Salix drummondiana, Salix arizonica, Salix taxifolia

Salix melanopsis is a plant species known by the common name dusky willow. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and Colorado, where it grows in many types of moist and wet habitat, such as riverbanks and subalpine mountain meadows, on rocky and silty substrates.

Description

Salix melanopsis is a shrub up to 4 meters tall, sometimes sprouting abundantly from its stem to form colonial thickets of clones. The pointed, oval, lance-shaped, or linear leaves may grow over 13 centimeters long and have smooth or spine-toothed edges. The inflorescence is a catkin of flowers up to 5 or 6 centimeters long.

References

Salix melanopsis Wikipedia