Semi-desert, foothills. Lawns. Spring.
Near Yellowjacket Canyon, June 21, 2004.

Navajo Willow is a conspicuous, symmetrical, common, and lovely tree frequently planted around houses in the Four Corners.  It grows to forty feet tall with a perfectly symmetrical crown spread of fifty feet. The young tree shown is about 15 feet tall and the rounded crown is beginning to spread.

Salix matsudana is an introduced species native to China and is often known outside the Four Corners area as Hankow Willow.

The species name honors the Japanese botanist Sadahisa Matsudo. (More biographical information.)

Semi-desert, foothills. Lawns. Spring.
Near Yellowjacket Canyon, June 21, 2004.