Meadow Willow
Salix petiolaris
''Salix petiolaris'', common name slender willow or meadow willow, is a species of willow.
General: A medium to tall, deciduous shrub with few, clumped stems, to 1–3 m tall; twigs yellowish-green, reddish, or dark brown; young twigs covered with short, dense hairs, becoming smooth with age (glabrate).
Leaves: Alternate, simple, pinnately-veined, petiolate. Leaf blade linear-lanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, 2–7 cm long, to 1.5 cm wide; dark green and lustrous above, glaucous beneath, the lower surface with silky, reddish-brown hairs when young; leaf base tapering (cuneate) to slightly rounded at the base, the apex sharply pointed (acuminate); margins entire, or upper margins usually finely toothed (serrate), less frequently entire; petiole 3–10 mm long; stipules absent.
Leaf blades 2.5-7 x 0.3-2 cm, commonly with red-brown hairs mixed with the white ones, and branchlets flexible at the base, tearing at the junction of yearly growth (vs. S. sericea, with leaf blades 4-15 x 1-4 cm, with only white hairs, and branchlets brittle at the base and snapping cleanly at the junction of yearly growth).
General: A medium to tall, deciduous shrub with few, clumped stems, to 1–3 m tall; twigs yellowish-green, reddish, or dark brown; young twigs covered with short, dense hairs, becoming smooth with age (glabrate).
Leaves: Alternate, simple, pinnately-veined, petiolate. Leaf blade linear-lanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, 2–7 cm long, to 1.5 cm wide; dark green and lustrous above, glaucous beneath, the lower surface with silky, reddish-brown hairs when young; leaf base tapering (cuneate) to slightly rounded at the base, the apex sharply pointed (acuminate); margins entire, or upper margins usually finely toothed (serrate), less frequently entire; petiole 3–10 mm long; stipules absent.
Leaf blades 2.5-7 x 0.3-2 cm, commonly with red-brown hairs mixed with the white ones, and branchlets flexible at the base, tearing at the junction of yearly growth (vs. S. sericea, with leaf blades 4-15 x 1-4 cm, with only white hairs, and branchlets brittle at the base and snapping cleanly at the junction of yearly growth).