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Photographer: Michael Clayton
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Family Salicaceae
Salix bebbiana Sarg.
beaked willow, Bebb's willow
Salix: Latin name for the willow and meaning "to leap or spring" in reference to its fast growth
bebbiana: for Michael Schuck Bebb (1833-1895), botanist and willow specialist
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial tree 8'-20' tall; often with several trunks; shiny gray-green bark with many reddish marks becoming rough and furrowed with age |
| Flower: | 1"-2" long, fuzzy, very lax catkin |
| Leaf: | elliptic to widely oval to obovate, smooth on top, underside whitened, edges mostly without teeth |
| Habitat: | moist to wet |
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