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Montane. Wetlands. Spring, summer. LaPlata Canyon, June 22, 2010.

Salix monticola grows in thickets to about twelve feet tall with yellowish young twigs that darken with age.  It occurs from the foothills to high montane elevations.  Weber says of this Willow, "This is the common streambank Willow of montane valleys, with twigs bright yellow in winter".

Edward Greene discovered this Willow for science in the area of Golden, Colorado; M. S. Bebb named the Willow; and John Coulter described it in 1885.

Salix monticola (Rocky Mountian Willow)
Salicaceae (Willow Family)

Montane. Wetlands. Spring, summer. LaPlata Canyon, June 22, 2010.

Salix monticola (Rocky Mountian Willow)
Salicaceae (Willow Family)

Montane. Wetlands. Spring, summer. LaPlata Canyon, June 22, 2010.

Range map © John Kartesz,
Floristic Synthesis of North America

State Color Key

Species present in state and native
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Species present and not rare
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Range map for Salix monticola