Poplars and Willow
Poplars
Aspen, Quaking
(Poplus tremuloides)
Aspen Leaves
Cottownwood, Plains
(Populus sargentii or Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera)
Plains Cottonwood Leaves
Plains Cottonwood Trunk and Bark
Cottownwood, Eastern
(Populus deltoides)
Eastern Cottonwood Leaves
Eastern Cottonwood Trunk and Bark
Cottownwood, Narrowleaf
(Populus angustifolia)
Narrowleaf Cottonwood Leaves
Narrowleaf Cottonwood Trunk and Bark
Cottownwood, lanceleaf
(Populus acuminata)
(buds not aromatic or sticky)
Lanceleaf Cottonwood Leaves
Lanceleaf Cottonwood Buds
Lombardi Poplar
(Populus nigra var. italica)
Lombardi Poplar Leaves
White Poplar
(Populus alba)
White Poplar Leaves
Willows
Willow, Crack
(Salix fragilis)
Crack Willow Leaves
Crack Willow pistillate (female) catkin
Willow, Peach Leaf
(Salix amygdaloides)
Peach Leaf Willow Leaves
Peach Leaf Willow bark
Willow, Weeping
(Salix babylonica)
Weeping Willow branches and Leaves
Willow, White
(Salix alba)
White Willow looks very much like Crack Willow but, the young twigs are more yellow orange in color, particularly in winter. Also White Willow has nearly all staminate catkins while the Crack Willow has nearly all pistillate catkins.
White Willow Leaves
White Willow Winter Color
White Willow Male (Staminate) Catkin
Willow, Globe
(Salix matsudana ‘Navajo’)
Globe Willow leaves
Globe Willow pistillate catkin
Willow, Corkscrew
(Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’)
Corkscrew Willow in France
Corkscrew Willow Leaves
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