Willow, Scouler - S. scouleriana

Upland Shrub-type; Large shrub to tree commonly 6 to 10 meters (20 to 33 feet) and up to 15m (50 feet) tall. It is highly variable. New stems have "peach-fuzz" while older stems can be glabrous or with some "peach-fuzz." New stems are yellow to dark with a tendency to droop. Older stems have a skunky odor when bark is stripped. Leaves are 2 to 4 times longer than wide, generally glabrous and green above, and bottom with red-tinged (distinctive) "peach-fuzz" and later waxy. Margin is wavy-edged; top is blunt or short-tipped, widest near tip. Found at mid to high elevation, 1000 to 2400 meters (3300 to 8000 feet). Likes some moist areas, but generally drier upland sites especially in higher elevations. Associated with quaking aspen, black cottonwood, thinleaf alder, Bebb, yellow, coyote, Pacific, Booth, and Geyer willows. This willow is not usually planted in riparian channels.

Field propagation by dormant unrooted hardwood cuttings is usually difficult.

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Last Modified: 07/05/2007