Plantae>Magnoliophyta>Magnoliopsida>Salicales>Salicaceae>Salix sericea Marshall
| A small tree or large shrub of streambanks and bogs. Found throughout North Carolina, Silky Willow is uncommon in the Mountains and Piedmont, rare in the Coastal Plain. Haywood Co., NC 5/9/08. |
| The leaves are glaucous (whitened) and sericeous (silky-hairy) beneath. Haywood Co., NC 5/9/08. |
| Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06. |
| Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06. |
| Bark detail. Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06. |
| Haywood Co., NC 5/9/08. |
| Same tree, lower down. Haywood Co., NC 5/9/08. |
Revised 5/20/08 cwcook@duke.edu
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