Willow Identification Key: Salix x blanda

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Technical Description:

Habit: Medium sized tree, up to 15 m high, spreading crown with pendulous branches - semi-weeping.

Shoots: Hairy olive stems.

Leaves: 1.25-2 cm wide, alternate, simple, lanceolate, short tip, dark green above, whitish green beneath; thick, with coarse teeth.

Catkins: Male and female; appearing in September-October.

Comments: A cross between Salix babylonica and Salix pentachdra.