Red Willow
Salix laevigata
Illustrated from a specimen found in Sabino Canyon, Sta.
Catalina Mts., Arizona 18 April 1994.
TREE: A small tree or large shrub. Bark of branches is reddish-brown.
RANGE: Habitat in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona is mostly along streams
in canyons.
LEAVES: The leaves are usually shiny above and the margins are smooth or
minutely serrate. Twigs and petioles are reddish.
FRUIT: The comose (fuzzy) seeds are shed around the end of March.
UNARMED.