The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Pacific Willow)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	:	Dilleniidae
Order	:	Salicales
Family	:	Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus	:	Salix L. – willow
Species	:	Salix lucida Muhl. – shining willow
Subspecies	:	Salix lucida Muhl. ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murray – Pacific willow

Pacific Willow is one of the larger native willows, reaching 50' tall with a slender, delicate form.

It commonly develops several stems.

The bark is cracked and yellow in mature trees while the leaves are 2-6" long, narrow, sharply pointed, much like the leaves of a peach tree.

The Pacific Willow likes moist, sand or gravelly soil but is tolerant of dry conditions.

It is native to the west, from BC to Saskatewan and south to California, in USDA zones 2-9.

For a short comparison of northwest native willows, click here.

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