User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Salix lucida lasiandra

Salix lucida lasiandra Pacific willow, is a subspecies of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats. Salix lasiandra, Salix lucida var. macrophylla S. l. lasiandra (Benth.) E.Murray (syn. S. lasiandra Benth.) - Pacific willow, Alaska east to Northwest Territory, and south to California and New Mexico

It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 4 – tall. The shoots are greenish-brown to grey-brown. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, 4–17 cm long and 1-3.5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, usually glaucous green below, hairless or thinly hairy. The flowers are yellow catkins 1–9 cm long, produced in late spring after the leaves emerge.

The subspecies are:
 * S. l. caudata (Nutt.) E.Murray - whiplash willow, interior western North America from eastern British Columbia south to eastern California and Nevada, included in S. l. lasiandra by some authors.