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Salix eriocephala ~ wooly-headed willow

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Characteristics:
  • FACW+
  • Michigan C Value: 2
  • heart-shaped (or rounded) leaf base, almost clasping/locking
  • large, persistant stipules
  • leaves evenly toothed, closely serrate
  • older leaves whitened (to almost green) beneath
  • leaves not strongly glaucous
  • leaves broad-based, thick, leathery texture
  • leaf bases rounded to subcordate
  • unfolding leaves often reddish
  • large, husky shrub
  • common along streambanks, shorelines, old fields
  • native
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