Sandbar Willow
Scientific Name:Salix exigua


NOTES: Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants).

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Sandbar Willow
Genus species: Salix exigua
Common Name: Sandbar Willow
Family Name: Salicaceae  
Deciduous trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, simple with venation pinnate, stipulate; flowers unisexual (plants dioecious), in bracteate catkins; fruits a 2-4-valved capsule, the seeds tufted with white hairs (comose).
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:White
Identified by:M. Becus