Willow, Lemmon - S. lemmonii

Shrub-type; Small to medium shrub about 1 to 3 meters (3 to 10 feet); stems are dark (almost black), crooked, and numerous; new stems are heavily glaucous, especially those arising from the base; leaves green without hairs above and white below (thinly hairy and glabrous); commonly found at higher elevations than Geyer willow on dryer portions of the riparian zone, upper part of the Douglas fir zone to the lower subalpine zone; soils are generally well-drained gravelly or sandy soils; closely associated with Drummond and Booth willow, and birch species which will generally be found on wetter areas; Multiple stemmed willow is easily propagated from dormant unrooted hardwood cuttings; Lemmon willow should be planted at upper middle elevations on somewhat drier areas adjacent to the stream; very close taxonomically to Geyer willow and they may be synonymous.

Field propagation by dormant unrooted hardwood cuttings is very successful.

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Last Modified: 07/05/2007